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And heὁ δὲgot up,ἐγερθεὶςtookπαρέλαβεthe childτὸ παιδίονandκαὶhis motherτὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦby night,νυκτὸςandκαὶwithdrewἀνεχώρησενtoεἰςEgypt,Αἴγυπτον
Matthew 2:14
Study it in the app“And he got up, took the child and his mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 2:14, word by word
- got upἐγερθεὶςegertheis
get up
To help someone stand, or to stand up.
Where else “egertheis” appears- tookπαρέλαβεparelabe
take along
To take someone along, into one's care or company.
Where else “parelabe” appears- the childπαιδίονpaidion
child
A child of few years, boy or girl.
Where else “paidion” appears- his motherμητέραmētera
mother
The woman who gives birth to a child and raises it.
Where else “mētera” appears- by nightνυκτὸςnyktos
night
Night. "By night".
Where else “nyktos” appears- withdrewἀνεχώρησενanechōrēsen
withdraw
Withdraw, go away, leave.
Where else “anechōrēsen” appears- EgyptΑἴγυπτονAigypton
Egypt
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Places in this verse
Egypt
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).
The context
13And when they had withdrawn, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you;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.”
14 · This verse (above)
15and he was there until the death of Herod, so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
To study Matthew 2 in a group
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?