Matthew 2:20–21 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Matthew 2:20–21
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Jacob Jordaens's The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt
Book	Gospel of Matthew
Christian Bible part	New Testament

Matthew 2:20 and 2:21 are the twentieth and twenty first verses of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. The young Jesus and the Holy Family are in Egypt. An angel has just informed Joseph that King Herod, his persecutor, is dead. In this verse the angel gives him further instructions. The wording of this verse is extremely close to that of Exodus 4:19.

Text

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

20: Saying, Arise, and take the young

child and his mother, and go into

the land of Israel: for they are dead

21: which sought the young child's life.

And he arose, and took the young child and

his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

The World English Bible translates the passage as:

20: "Arise and take the young child

and his mother, and go into the

land of Israel, for those who sought

the young child's life are dead."

21: He arose and took the young child and

his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

The Novum Testamentum Graece text is:

20:λέγων Ἐγερθεὶς παράλαβε τὸ παιδίον

καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ πορεύου εἰς γῆν Ἰσραήλ

τεθνήκασιν γὰρ οἱ ζητοῦντες τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ παιδίου.

21:ὁ δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβεν τὸ παιδίον

καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς γῆν Ἰσραήλ.

For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 2:20, 2:21.