Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Matthew
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:13 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:13 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:13 JFB -> Commentary on 2:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:13 PNT -> Commentary on 2:13 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:13 TFG -> Commentary on 2:13 TSK -> Commentary on 2:13 TSK -> Entry for 2:13 WEN -> Notes on 2:13 NTB -> Angel (a spirit); Dream; Egypt; Faith; Fugitives; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Joseph; Miracles; Persecution TTT -> Angels; Dreams; Egypt; Persecution EBD -> Divination; Dream; Herod the Great; Jesus WJD -> Devotional using 2:13 WJD -> Devotional using 2:13 2:13 - [In Context] After the wise men left, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream. The angel said, "Get up! Take the baby and his mother and escape to Egypt. Herod F25 will start looking for the baby. Herod wants to kill him. So stay in Egypt until I tell you {it is safe}."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:14 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:14 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:14 JFB -> Commentary on 2:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:14 PNT -> Commentary on 2:14 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:14 TFG -> Commentary on 2:14 TSK -> Commentary on 2:14 TSK -> Entry for 2:14 WEN -> Notes on 2:14 NTB -> Egypt; Faith; Fugitives; Jesus, The Christ; Joseph; Miracles; Obedience EBD -> Herod the Great; Jesus WJD -> Devotional using 2:14 WJD -> Devotional using 2:14 2:14 - [In Context] So Joseph got up and left for Egypt with the baby and the baby's mother. They left during the night.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:15 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:15 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:15 JFB -> Commentary on 2:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:15 PNT -> Commentary on 2:15 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:15 SRN -> Study Notes on 2:15 TFG -> Commentary on 2:15 TSK -> Commentary on 2:15 TSK -> Entry for 2:15 WEN -> Notes on 2:15 NTB -> Egypt; Fugitives; Jesus, The Christ; Joseph; Miracles; Quotations And Allusions TTT -> Egypt; Prophecies Respecting Christ EBD -> Herod the Great; Hosea, Prophecies of; Jesus SBD -> Rama WJD -> Devotional using 2:15 WJD -> Devotional using 2:15 2:15 - [In Context] Joseph stayed in Egypt until Herod F26 died. This happened to make clear the full meaning of what the Lord said through the prophet. F27 The Lord said, "I called my son to come out of Egypt." F28
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:16 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:16 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:16 JFB -> Commentary on 2:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:16 PNT -> Commentary on 2:16 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:16 TFG -> Commentary on 2:16 TSK -> Commentary on 2:16 TSK -> Entry for 2:16 WEN -> Notes on 2:16 NTB -> Anger; Bethlehem; Children; Egypt; Homicide; Infanticide; Jesus, The Christ; Miracles; Rulers TTT -> Anger; Murder; Prophecies Respecting Christ EBD -> Bethlehem; Herod the Great; Jesus SBD -> Herod WJD -> Devotional using 2:16 WJD -> Devotional using 2:16 2:16 - [In Context] Herod F29 saw that the wise men had fooled him. Herod was very, very angry. So Herod gave an order to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and in all the area around Bethlehem. Herod had learned from the wise men the time {the baby was born}. It was now two years from that time. So Herod said to kill all the boys that were two years old and younger.
Study Resource List DSN -> Synopsis on 2:17 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:17 JFB -> Commentary on 2:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:17 PNT -> Commentary on 2:17 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:17 TFG -> Commentary on 2:17 WEN -> Notes on 2:17 NTB -> Bethlehem; Children; Egypt; Infanticide; Jesus, The Christ; Miracles; Mourning; Prophecy; Rulers TTT -> Prophecies Respecting Christ EBD -> Herod the Great; Jesus; Rachel SBD -> Herod; Jeremy WJD -> Devotional using 2:17 WJD -> Devotional using 2:17 2:17 - [In Context] So the thing God said through the prophet F30 Jeremiah happened:
Study Resource List DSN -> Synopsis on 2:18 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:18 JFB -> Commentary on 2:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:18 PNT -> Commentary on 2:18 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:18 TFG -> Commentary on 2:18 TSK -> Commentary on 2:18 TSK -> Entry for 2:18 WEN -> Notes on 2:18 NTB -> Bethlehem; Children; Egypt; Infanticide; Jesus, The Christ; Miracles; Mourning; Prophecy; Quotations And Allusions; Ramah; Rulers TTT -> Dead, The; Prophecies Respecting Christ EBD -> Arimathea; Bethlehem; Herod the Great; Jesus; Rachel; Rama SBD -> Herod WJD -> Devotional using 2:18 WJD -> Devotional using 2:18 2:18 - [In Context] "A sound was heard in Ramah. It was bitter crying and much sadness. Rachel cries for her children; and she cannot be comforted, because her children are dead." R2
Study Resource List DSN -> Synopsis on 2:19 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 2:19 JFB -> Commentary on 2:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:19 PNT -> Commentary on 2:19 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:19 SRN -> Study Notes on 2:19 TFG -> Commentary on 2:19 TSK -> Commentary on 2:19 TSK -> Entry for 2:19 WEN -> Notes on 2:19 NTB -> Angel (a spirit); Dream; Egypt; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Joseph; Miracles TTT -> Dreams EBD -> Divination; Dream; Herod the Great; Jesus WJD -> Devotional using 2:19 WJD -> Devotional using 2:19 WJD -> Devotional using 2:19 2:19 - [In Context] After Herod F31 died, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream. This happened while Joseph was in Egypt.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:20 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:20 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:20 JFB -> Commentary on 2:20 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:20 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:20 PNT -> Commentary on 2:20 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:20 TFG -> Commentary on 2:20 TSK -> Commentary on 2:20 TSK -> Entry for 2:20 WEN -> Notes on 2:20 NTB -> Dream; Egypt; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Joseph; Miracles TTT -> Angels; Holy Land EBD -> Herod the Great; Jesus WJD -> Devotional using 2:20 WJD -> Devotional using 2:20 WJD -> Devotional using 2:20 WJD -> Devotional using 2:20 2:20 - [In Context] The angel said, "Get up! Take the baby and his mother and go to Israel. The people that were trying to kill the baby are now dead."
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:21 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:21 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:21 JFB -> Commentary on 2:21 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:21 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:21 PNT -> Commentary on 2:21 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:21 TFG -> Commentary on 2:21 TSK -> Commentary on 2:21 TSK -> Entry for 2:21 WEN -> Notes on 2:21 NTB -> Dream; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Joseph; Miracles TTT -> Holy Land EBD -> Herod the Great; Jesus WJD -> Devotional using 2:21 WJD -> Devotional using 2:21 2:21 - [In Context] So Joseph took the baby and the baby's mother and went to Israel.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:22 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:22 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:22 JFB -> Commentary on 2:22 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:22 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:22 PNT -> Commentary on 2:22 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:22 SRN -> Study Notes on 2:22 TFG -> Commentary on 2:22 TSK -> Commentary on 2:22 TSK -> Entry for 2:22 WEN -> Notes on 2:22 NTB -> Archelaus (Archaelaus); Dream; God (continued); Jesus, The Christ; Joseph; Miracles TTT -> Galilee; Wine EBD -> Archelaus; Divination; Herod Archelaus; Herod the Great; Jesus SBD -> Archelaus WJD -> Devotional using 2:22 WJD -> Devotional using 2:22 2:22 - [In Context] But Joseph heard that Archelaus was now king in Judea. Archelaus became king when his father Herod died. So Joseph was afraid to go there. Joseph was warned in a dream. So Joseph left there and went to the area of Galilee.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 2:23 DSN -> Synopsis on 2:23 GEB -> Study Notes on 2:23 JFB -> Commentary on 2:23 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 2:23 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 2:23 PNT -> Commentary on 2:23 RWP -> Study Notes on 2:23 SRN -> Study Notes on 2:23 TFG -> Commentary on 2:23 TSK -> Commentary on 2:23 TSK -> Entry for 2:23 WEN -> Notes on 2:23 NTB -> Jesus, The Christ; Jesus, The Christ (continued); Joseph; Miracles; Nazareth TTT -> Galilee; Titles and Names of Christ EBD -> Jesus; Nazarene; Nazareth SBD -> Nazarene; Nazareth WJD -> Devotional using 2:23 WJD -> Devotional using 2:23 2:23 - [In Context] Joseph went to a town called Nazareth and lived there. And so the thing happened that God said through the prophets. F32 God said that {the Christ} would be called a Nazarene. F33
FOOTNOTES: F25: Herod   Herod I (the Great), ruler of Judea, 40 B.C. to 4 B.C. F26: Herod   Herod I (the Great), ruler of Judea, 40 B.C. to 4 B.C. F27: prophet   A person that spoke for God. Sometimes a prophet told things that would happen in the future. F28: "I called … Egypt"   Quote from Hos. 11:1. F29: Herod   Herod I (the Great), ruler of Judea, 40 B.C. to 4 B.C. F30: prophet   A person that spoke for God. Sometimes a prophet told things that would happen in the future. F31: Herod   Herod I (the Great), ruler of Judea, 40 B.C. to 4 B.C. F32: prophets   People that spoke for God. Some of them wrote books that are part of the Old Testament. F33: Nazarene   A person from the city of Nazareth, a name probably meaning "branch." See Isa. 11:1.
CROSS REFERENCES: R2: Jeremiah 31:15

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TFG - The Fourfold Gospel; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; WJD - What Jesus Did!; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.