Study it in the app“And when they had withdrawn, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him.””
Andδὲwhen theyαὐτῶνhad withdrawn,Ἀναχωρησάντωνlook,ἰδοὺan angelἄγγελοςof the Lordκυρίουappearsφαίνεταιinκατ’a dreamὄναρto Joseph,τῷ Ἰωσὴφsaying,λέγων“Get up,Ἐγερθεὶςtakeπαράλαβεthe childτὸ παιδίονandκαὶhis mother,τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦandκαὶfleeφεῦγεtoεἰςEgypt,Αἴγυπτονandκαὶstayἴσθιthereἐκεῖuntilἕως ἂνI tellεἴπωyou;σοιforγὰρHerodἩρῴδηςis aboutμέλλειto search forζητεῖνthe childτὸ παιδίονto destroyτοῦ ἀπολέσαιhim.”αὐτό
withdraw
Withdraw, go away, leave.
Where else “Anachōrēsantōn” appearsangel
A messenger from heaven who serves God.
Where else “angelos” appearsLord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appearsappear
To be seen, show itself.
Where else “phainetai” appearsdream
Dream, what one sees while asleep. "In a dream".
Where else “onar” appearsJoseph
Joseph, the name of several men in the Bible: the son of Jacob, Mary's husband (a descendant of David), Joseph of Arimathea, and others.
Where else “Iōsēph” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legōn” appearsget up
To help someone stand, or to stand up.
Where else “Egertheis” appearstake along
To take someone along, into one's care or company.
Where else “paralabe” appearschild
A child of few years, boy or girl.
Where else “paidion” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to a child and raises it.
Where else “mētera” appearsflee
Flee, escape.
Where else “pheuge” appearsEgypt
See it on the mapWhere else “Aigypton” appearsbe present
To be in a place or with someone.
Where else “isthi” appearsHerod
Herod, the name of several rulers of one family under Rome: Herod the Great, king of Judea when Jesus was born; his son Herod Antipas, who ruled Galilee; and his grandson Herod Agrippa I.
Where else “Hērōidēs” appearsbe about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “mellei” appearsseek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “zētein” appearsdestroy
To do away with someone or something: take a life or ruin it.
Where else “apolesai” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
12And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another way.
13 · This verse (above)
14And he got up, took the child and his mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,
1. What it says
What did the magi do when they found the child with Mary his mother (v. 11)?
2. What it means
Why was King Herod troubled, and all Jerusalem with him, when he heard about this child (v. 3)?
3. How I live it
Joseph obeyed even at night and without understanding everything (v. 14). What simple step of obedience is yours today?
