Matthew 2:22 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Matthew 2:22
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The Division of Herod's Kingdom:      Territory under Herod Archelaus, from 6 Iudaea Province     Territory under Herod Antipas     Territory under Herod Philip II     Salome I (cities of Jabneh, Azotas, Phaesalis)     Roman province of Syria     Autonomous cities (Decapolis)
Book	Gospel of Matthew
Christian Bible part	New Testament

Matthew 2:22 is the twenty-second verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. The young Jesus and the Holy Family have just left Egypt after hearing of the death of King Herod.

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

But when he heard that Archelaus

did reign in Judaea in the room

of his father Herod, he was afraid

to go thither: notwithstanding,

being warned of God in a dream, he

turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

The World English Bible translates the passage as:

But when he heard that Archelaus

was reigning over Judea in the

place of his father, Herod, he

was afraid to go there. Being

warned in a dream, he withdrew

into the region of Galilee

The Novum Testamentum Graece text is:

ἀκούσας δὲ ὅτι Ἀρχέλαος

βασιλεύει τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἀντὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ

Ἡρῴδου ἐφοβήθη ἐκεῖ ἀπελθεῖν

χρηματισθεὶς δὲ κατ’ ὄναρ ἀνεχώρησεν

εἰς τὰ μέρη τῆς Γαλιλαίας

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