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Andδὲwhen Herodτοῦ Ἡρῴδουhad died,Τελευτήσαντοςlook,ἰδοὺan angelἄγγελοςof the Lordκυρίουappearsφαίνεταιinκατ’a dreamὄναρto Josephτῷ ἸωσὴφinἐνEgypt,Αἰγύπτῳ
Matthew 2:19
Study it in the app“And when Herod had died, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 2:19, word by word
- when HerodἩρῴδουHērōidou
Herod
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 “Hērōidou” appears- had diedΤελευτήσαντοςTeleutēsantos
die
Die, come to the end of life.
Where else “Teleutēsantos” appears- an angelἄγγελοςangelos
angel
A messenger from heaven who serves God.
Where else “angelos” appears- of the Lordκυρίουkyriou
Lord
The Lord: God, whose name is YHWH; also Jesus.
Where else “kyriou” appears- appearsφαίνεταιphainetai
appear
To be seen, show itself.
Where else “phainetai” appears- a dreamὄναρonar
dream
Dream, what one sees while asleep. "In a dream".
Where else “onar” appears- to JosephἸωσὴφIōsēph
Joseph
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” appears- EgyptΑἰγύπτῳAigyptōi
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
18“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning: Rachel weeping for her children; and she would not be comforted, because they are no more.”
19 · This verse (above)
20saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life have died.”
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?