Mateus 2:13

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E, tendo eles se retirado, eis que o anjo do Senhor apareceu a Jos em sonhos, dizendo: Levanta-te, e toma o menino e sua me, e foge para o Egito, e demora-te l at que eu te diga; porque Herodes h de procurar o menino para o matar.

Parallel Translations

Almeida Revista e Atualizada
Tendo eles partido, eis que apareceu um anjo do Senhor a Jos, em sonho, e disse: Dispe-te, toma o menino e sua me, foge para o Egito e permanece l at que eu te avise; porque Herodes h de procurar o menino para o matar.par

Almeida Revista e Corrigida
E, tendo-se eles retirado, eis que o anjo do Senhor apareceu a Jos em sonhos, dizendo: Levanta-te, e toma o menino e sua me, e foge para o Egito, e demora-te l at que eu te diga, porque Herodes h de procurar o menino para o matar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the angel: Matthew 2:19, Matthew 1:20, Acts 5:19, Acts 10:7, Acts 10:22, Acts 12:11, Hebrews 1:13, Hebrews 1:14

Arise: Matthew 10:23, Revelation 12:6, Revelation 12:14

until: Matthew 2:19, Matthew 2:20, Joshua 3:13, Joshua 3:17, Joshua 4:10, Joshua 4:18, Daniel 3:25, Daniel 3:26, Acts 16:36

for: Matthew 2:16, Exodus 1:22, Exodus 2:2, Exodus 2:3, Job 33:15, Job 33:17, Acts 7:19, Revelation 12:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 20:3 - a dream Genesis 28:12 - he dreamed Genesis 34:14 - uncircumcised Numbers 12:6 - a dream Judges 7:9 - the same 1 Samuel 24:20 - I know well 1 Kings 3:5 - in a dream 1 Kings 11:17 - Hadad 2 Kings 9:3 - and flee 2 Kings 11:1 - and destroyed Job 12:21 - poureth Psalms 22:9 - make me hope Psalms 76:10 - remainder Daniel 2:19 - in Matthew 1:16 - Joseph Matthew 18:10 - their Matthew 21:38 - This Acts 4:27 - both Acts 12:19 - sought for him

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when they were departed,.... That is immediately, or as soon as they were gone, or in a very little time after, probably the same night,

behold, the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream; it is very likely the same angel who appeared to him in such sort, Matthew 1:20 "saying arise", awake out of sleep, and rise from thy bed directly,

and take the young child and his mother. The angel does not say take thy wife and son; for though Mary was properly his wife, yet Christ was not properly his son. The child is also mentioned before the mother, not only because of his divine nature and office, in respect to which he was her God and Saviour; but because it was the preservation of the child that was chiefly regarded, and for which the providence of God was particularly concerned; wherefore Joseph is ordered to take them in proper carriages, and

flee into Egypt, which was near to Judea, and so a fit place to flee to; for a long and tedious journey would not have been suitable to the mother and her young child. Moreover, Egypt was out of Herod's jurisdiction; here he could not come at them, or have any power over them; besides, hereby a prophecy after mentioned was to have its accomplishment. Hence it appears to be lawful to flee from danger, from tyrants and persecutors, when the providence of God opens a way for escape. The angel goes on with his charge,

and be thou there until I bring thee word: continue there, do not remove elsewhere, or return back, till I speak with thee, or order and command thee otherwise; and gives the reason for his appearing to him in such a manner, and giving such a charge;

for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him: no less a person than Herod the king, a bloody minded man, revengeful, desperate, and resolute in whatsoever he undertakes, "will seek", diligently search and inquire for, not his parents, Joseph and Mary, who might have been safe, but "the young child", who was born king of the Jews, and which gave him a great deal of uneasiness; and that not to worship him, as he told the wise men, but

to destroy him, to take away his life; to prevent which the angel was sent with this charge to Joseph: for though he was born to die for the sins of his people, his time was not yet come; he was to grow up to years of maturity, he was to be a preacher of the Gospel, to do many miracles and at last to lay down his life of himself, voluntarily, and not to be taken away from him without his knowledge and will.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The angel appeareth to Joseph in a dream - See Matthew 1:20.

Flee into Egypt - Egypt is situated to the southwest of Judea, and is distant from Bethlehem perhaps about 60 miles. It was at this time a Roman province. There were many Jews there, who had a temple and synagogues (see the notes at Isaiah 19:18), and Joseph, therefore, would be among his own countrymen, and yet beyond the reach of Herod. The jurisdiction of Herod extended only to the River Sihon, or “river of Egypt,” and, of course, beyond that Joseph was safe from his designs. For a description of Egypt, see the notes at Isaiah 19:0. It is remarkable that this is the only time in which our Saviour was out of Palestine, and that this was in the land where the children of Israel had suffered so much and so long under the oppression of the Egyptian kings. The very land which was the land of bondage and groaning for the Jews, became now the land of refuge and safety for the new-born King of Judea. God can overturn nations and kingdoms, so that those whom he loves shall be safe anywhere.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 2:13. Flee into Egypt — Many Jews had settled in Egypt; not only those who had fled thither in the time of Jeremiah, see Jeremiah 48:0; but many others who had settled there also, on account of the temple which Onias IV. had built at Heliopolis. Those who could speak the Greek tongue enjoyed many advantages in that country: besides, they had the Greek version of the Septuagint, which had been translated nearly 300 years before this time. Egypt was now a Roman province, and the rage of Herod could not pursue the holy family to this place. There is an apocryphal work in Arabic, called the Gospel of the infancy, which pretends to relate all the acts of Jesus and Mary while in Egypt. I have taken the pains to read this through, and have found it to be a piece of gross superstition, having nothing to entitle it to a shadow of credibility.