Matthew 2:13-15

The Flight to Egypt

13 Now when they had departed, behold, x an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. y This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, z "Out of Egypt I called my son."

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 2:19
    But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
    Matthew 1:20
    But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.
    Matthew 2:12
    And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
    Matthew 2:22
    But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee.
  2. Cross References
    Matthew 1:22
    All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet:
  3. Cross References
    Hosea 11:1
    When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
  4. Cross References
    Hosea 11:1
    When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
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