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Matthew 2:21

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He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
Matthew 2:21 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
  • BSB So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.
  • NKJV Then he arose, took the young Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.
  • NASB So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.
  • NLT So Joseph got up and returned to the land of Israel with Jesus and his mother.

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Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 2

  • Heb 11:8By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.
  • Gen 6:22Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

Topics (3)
DREAMJESUS, THE CHRISTJOSEPH

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Christ at the center

Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King — son of David, son of Abraham — the new Moses and true Israel in whom every prophecy reaches 'that it might be fulfilled.'

How Matthew 2:21 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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Andδέhe aroseἐγείρωand tookπαραλαμβάνωthe young childπαιδίονandκαίhisαὐτόςmotherμήτηρandκαίcameἔρχομαιintoεἰςthe landγῆof IsraelἸσραήλ
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