Focused Passage

Matthew 2:19-23

The Messiah Worshiped, Threatened, Preserved, and Called Out of Egypt

Matthew moves from Gentile worship of the newborn King, to Herod's murderous opposition, to divine preservation through Egypt, to grief in Bethlehem, and finally to the Messiah's humble settlement in Nazareth.

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19After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.

20“Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”

21So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

22But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

23and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

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Verse 19

Original words

AfterδὲG1161Conjunction-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularHerodἩρῴδουG2264Noun - Genitive Masculine SingulardiedΤελευτήσαντοςG5053Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular-ἰδοὺG2400Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singularan angelἄγγελοςG32Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularof [the] LordΚυρίουG2962Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularappearedφαίνεταιG5316Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singularinκατ’G2596Prepositiona dreamὄναρG3677Noun - Accusative Neuter SingulartoτῷG3588Article - Dative Masculine SingularJosephἸωσὴφG2501Noun - Dative Masculine SingularinἐνG1722PrepositionEgyptΑἰγύπτῳG125Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Verse 20

Original words

Get upἘγερθεὶςG1453Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singularhe saidλέγωνG3004Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularTakeπαράλαβεG3880Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person SingulartheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularChildπαιδίονG3813Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunction-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularHisαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularmotherμητέραG3384Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctiongoπορεύουG4198Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person SingulartoεἰςG1519Preposition[the] landγῆνG1093Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularof IsraelἸσραήλG2474Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularforγὰρG1063ConjunctionthoseοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralseekingζητοῦντεςG2212Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluraltheτὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularvvvτοῦG3588Article - Genitive Neuter SingularChild’sπαιδίουG3813Noun - Genitive Neuter SingularlifeψυχὴνG5590Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularare now deadτεθνήκασινG2348Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Verse 21

Original words

-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularSoδὲG1161Conjunction[Joseph] got upἐγερθεὶςG1453Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine SingulartookπαρέλαβενG3880Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulartheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter SingularChildπαιδίονG3813Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularandκαὶG2532Conjunction-τὴνG3588Article - Accusative Feminine SingularHisαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularmotherμητέραG3384Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionwentεἰσῆλθενG1525Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulartoεἰςG1519Preposition[the] landγῆνG1093Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularof IsraelἸσραήλG2474Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Verse 22

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ButδὲG1161Conjunctionwhen he learnedἀκούσαςG191Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularthatὅτιG3754ConjunctionArchelausἈρχέλαοςG745Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularwas reigning inβασιλεύειG936Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine SingularJudeaἸουδαίαςG2449Noun - Genitive Feminine Singularin place ofἀντὶG473Preposition-τοῦG3588Article - Genitive Masculine SingularhisαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person SingularfatherπατρὸςG3962Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularHerodἩρῴδουG2264Noun - Genitive Masculine Singularhe was afraidἐφοβήθηG5399Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singularto goἀπελθεῖνG565Verb - Aorist Infinitive ActivethereἐκεῖG1563AdverbAndδὲG1161Conjunctionhaving been warnedχρηματισθεὶςG5537Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singularinκατ’G2596Prepositiona dreamὄναρG3677Noun - Accusative Neuter Singularhe withdrewἀνεχώρησενG402Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingulartoεἰςG1519PrepositiontheτὰG3588Article - Accusative Neuter PluraldistrictμέρηG3313Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural-τῆςG3588Article - Genitive Feminine Singularof GalileeΓαλιλαίαςG1056Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Verse 23

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andκαὶG2532Conjunctionhe wentἐλθὼνG2064Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular[and] livedκατῴκησενG2730Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularinεἰςG1519Prepositiona townπόλινG4172Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularcalledλεγομένηνG3004Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Feminine SingularNazarethΝαζαρέτG3478Noun - Accusative Feminine SingularSoὅπωςG3704Conjunctionwas fulfilledπληρωθῇG4137Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person SingularwhatτὸG3588Article - Nominative Neuter Singularwas spokenῥηθὲνG2046Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Neuter SingularthroughδιὰG1223PrepositiontheτῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine PluralprophetsπροφητῶνG4396Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural-ὅτιG3754ConjunctionHe will be calledκληθήσεταιG2564Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singulara NazareneΝαζωραῖοςG3480Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular

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