Matthew 2:15 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Matthew 2:15
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Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Philipp Otto Runge, 1806
Book	Gospel of Matthew
Christian Bible part	New Testament

Matthew 2:15 is the fifteenth verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. In the verse, Joseph has taken Jesus and his family to Egypt to flee the wrath of King Herod.

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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:

And was there until the death

of Herod: that it might be

fulfilled which was spoken of

the Lord by the prophet, saying,

Out of Egypt have I called my son.

The World English Bible translates the passage as:

and was there until the death of

Herod; that it might be fulfilled

which was spoken by the Lord

through the prophet, saying,

"Out of Egypt I called my son."

The Novum Testamentum Graece text is:

καὶ ἦν ἐκεῖ ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς Ἡρῴδου

ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑπὸ Κυρίου

διὰ τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος

Ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐκάλεσα τὸν υἱόν μου.

For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 2:15

See also

• Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt: a 2005 book by Anne Rice