Matthew 2:13

New International Reader's Version

When the Wise Men had left, Joseph had a dream. In the dream an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph. “Get up!” the angel said. “Take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you to come back. Herod is going to search for the child. He wants to kill him.”

Cross References

1 Kings 11:17

But when Hadad was only a boy, he ran away to Egypt. Some officials from Edom went with him. They had served Hadad’s father.

1 Kings 3:5

The Lord appeared to Solomon at Gibeon. He spoke to him in a dream during the night. God said, “Ask for anything you want me to give you.”

Job 33:15

He might speak in a dream or in a vision at night. That’s when people are sound asleep in their beds.

Job 33:17

He warns them in order to turn them away from sinning. He wants to keep them from being proud.

Exodus 1:22

Then Pharaoh gave an order to all his people. He said, “You must throw every Hebrew baby boy into the Nile River. But let every Hebrew baby girl live.”

Matthew 1:20

But as Joseph was thinking about this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. The angel said, “Joseph, son of David, don’t be afraid to take Mary home as your wife. The baby inside her is from the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 10:23

When people attack you in one place, escape to another. What I’m about to tell you is true. You will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 2:12

But God warned them in a dream not to go back to Herod. So they returned to their country on a different road.

Matthew 2:14

So Joseph got up. During the night, he left for Egypt with the child and his mother Mary.

Matthew 2:16

Herod realized that the Wise Men had tricked him. So he became very angry. He gave orders about Bethlehem and the area around it. He ordered all the boys two years old and under to be killed. This agreed with the time when the Wise Men had seen the star.

Matthew 2:22

But then he heard that Archelaus was king of Judea. Archelaus was ruling in place of his father Herod. This made Joseph afraid to go there. Joseph had been warned in a dream. So he went back to the land of Galilee instead.

Acts 10:22

The men replied, “We have come from Cornelius, the Roman commander. He is a good man who worships God. All the Jewish people respect him. A holy angel told him to invite you to his house. Then Cornelius can hear what you have to say.”

Acts 10:7

The angel who spoke to him left. Then Cornelius called two of his servants. He also called a godly soldier who was one of his attendants.

Acts 12:11

Then Peter realized what had happened. He said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent his angel. He set me free from Herod’s power. He saved me from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

Acts 12:7

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared. A light shone in the prison cell. The angel struck Peter on his side. Peter woke up. “Quick!” the angel said. “Get up!” The chains fell off Peter’s wrists.

Acts 16:36

The jailer told Paul, “The judges have ordered me to set you and Silas free. You can leave now. Go in peace.”

Acts 5:19

But during the night an angel of the Lord came. He opened the doors of the jail and brought the apostles out.

Acts 7:19

The king was very evil and dishonest with our people. He treated them badly. He forced them to throw out their newborn babies to die.

Joshua 3:13

The priests will carry the ark of the Lord. He’s the Lord of the whole earth. As soon as the priests step into the Jordan, it will stop flowing. The water that’s coming down the river will pile up in one place. That’s how you will know that the living God is among you.”

Joshua 3:17

The priests carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. They stopped in the middle of the river and stood on dry ground. They stayed there until the whole nation of Israel had gone across on dry ground.

Joshua 4:10

The priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan River. They stayed there until the people had done everything the Lord had commanded Joshua. It was just as Moses had directed Joshua. All the people went across quickly.

Joshua 4:18

Then the priests came up out of the river. They were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord. As soon as they stepped out on dry ground, the water of the Jordan began to flow again. It went over its banks, just as it had done before.

Revelation 12:14

The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle. She was given these wings so that she could fly away. She could fly to the place prepared for her in the desert. There she would be taken care of for three and a half years. She would be out of the serpent’s reach.

Revelation 12:4

The dragon’s tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky. It threw the stars down to earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to have a baby. The dragon wanted to eat her child the moment he was born.

Revelation 12:6

The woman escaped into the desert where God had a place prepared for her. There she would be taken care of for 1,260 days.