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And heὁ δὲgot up,ἐγερθεὶςtookπαρέλαβεthe childτὸ παιδίονandκαὶhis mother,τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦandκαὶwentεἰσῆλθενintoεἰςthe landγῆνof Israel.Ἰσραήλ
Matthew 2:21
Study it in the app“And he got up, took the child and his mother, and went into the land of Israel.”
With the Greek beneath
Matthew 2:21, 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- wentεἰσῆλθενeisēlthen
enter
To go into a house, a town or a place.
Where else “eisēlthen” 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
The context
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.”
21 · This verse (above)
22But hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee,
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?