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saying,λέγων“Get up,Ἐγερθεὶςtakeπαράλαβεthe childτὸ παιδίονandκαὶhis mother,τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦandκαὶgoπορεύουtoεἰςthe landγῆνof Israel,Ἰσραήλforγὰρthose who were seekingοἱ ζητοῦντεςthe child’sτοῦ παιδίουlifeτὴν ψυχὴνhave died.”τεθνήκασιν
Matthew 2:20
Study it in the app“saying, “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.””
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 2:20, word by word
- sayingλέγωνlegōn
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legōn” appears- “Get upἘγερθεὶςEgertheis
get up
To help someone stand, or to stand up.
Where else “Egertheis” appears- takeπαράλαβεparalabe
take along
To take someone along, into one's care or company.
Where else “paralabe” 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- goπορεύουporeuou
go
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreuou” appears- the landγῆνgēn
land
A country or a region.
Where else “gēn” appears- of IsraelἸσραήλIsraēl
Israel
Israel: the name God gave to Jacob, and the people descended from him.
Where else “Israēl” appears- those who were seekingζητοῦντεςzētountes
seek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “zētountes” appears- lifeψυχὴνpsychēn
life
Literally "soul": one's being alive, which can be saved, lost or given.
Where else “psychēn” appears- have diedτεθνήκασινtethnēkasin
die
Die; be dead.
Where else “tethnēkasin” appears
The context
19And when Herod had died, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20 · This verse (above)
21And he got up, took the child and his mother, and went into the land of Israel.
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?