Matthew 2 · Verse 21

Matthew 2:21

And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
Matthew 2:21, King James Version

Matthew 2:21 in other translations

BSBSo Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.
WEBHe arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
ASVAnd he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
YLTAnd he, having risen, took the child and his mother, and came to the land of Israel,
DARBYAnd he arose and took to him the little child and its mother, and came into the land of Israel;
BBEAnd he got up, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
WebsterAnd he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

What does Matthew 2:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel--intending, as is plain from what follows, to return to Bethlehem of Judea, there, no doubt, to rear the Infant King, as at His own royal city, until the time should come when they would expect Him to occupy Jerusalem, "the city of the Great King."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 2:19-23

Egypt may serve to sojourn in, or take shelter in, for awhile, but not to abide in. Christ was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, to them he must return. Did we but look upon the world as our Egypt, the place of our bondage and banishment, and heaven only as our Canaan, our home, our rest, we should as readily arise and depart thither, when we are called for, as Joseph did out of Egypt. The family must…

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Matthew 2:21 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ὉHo<the>G3588
δὲdeAndG1161
ἐγερθεὶςegertheishaving arisenG1453
παρέλαβενparelabenhe tookG3880
τὸtotheG3588
παιδίονpaidionChildG3813
καὶkaiandG2532
τὴνtēntheG3588
μητέραmēteramotherG3384
αὐτοῦautouof HimG846
καὶkaiandG2532
εἰσῆλθενeisēlthenenteredG1525
εἰςeisintoG1519
γῆνgēn[the] landG1093
Ἰσραήλ.¶Israēlof Israel.G2474

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Matthew 2:21

  • Genesis 6:22

    Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.

  • Hebrews 11:8

    By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ge 6:22; Heb 11:8

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Context

  • Matthew 2:20

    Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life.

  • Matthew 2:21

    And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

  • Matthew 2:22

    But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

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Matthew 2:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces él se levantó, y tomó al niño y á su madre, y se vino á tierra de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et lui, s’étant levé, prit le petit enfant et sa mère, et s’en vint dans la terre d’Israël;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er stand auf und nahm das Kindlein und seine Mutter zu sich, und er kam in das Land Israel.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Qui consurgens, accepit puerum, et matrem ejus, et venit in terram Israël.