Matthew 2:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

Saying, Arise, and take the babe and his mother, and goe into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the babes life.

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  • Exod 4:19 : 19 (For the Lord had said vnto Moses in Midian, Goe, returne to Egypt: for they are all dead which went about to kill thee)
  • 1 Kgs 11:21 : 21 And when Hadad heard in Egypt, that Dauid slept with his fathers, and that Ioab the captaine of the hoste was dead, Hadad sayde to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may goe to mine owne countrey.
  • 1 Kgs 11:40 : 40 Salomon sought therefore to kill Ieroboam, and Ieroboam arose, and fled into Egypt vnto Shishak King of Egypt, and was in Egypt vntil the death of Salomon.
  • 1 Kgs 12:1-3 : 1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for al Israel were come to Sheche, to make him king 2 And whe Ieroboam ye sonne of Nebat heard of it (who was yet in Egypt, whither Ieroboam had fled from king Salomon, & dwelt in Egypt) 3 Then they sent and called him: and Ieroboam and all the Congregation of Israel came, and spake vnto Rehoboam, saying,
  • Prov 3:5-6 : 5 Trust in the Lorde with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome. 6 In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy wayes.
  • Matt 2:13 : 13 After their departture, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Ioseph in a dreame, saying, Arise, and take the babe & his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there til I bring thee word: for Herod will seeke the babe, to destroy him.

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  • Matt 2:21-22
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    21Then he arose vp and tooke the babe and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

    22But whe he heard that Archelaus did reigne in Iudea in stead of his father Herod, he was afraide to go thither: yet after he was warned of God in a dreame, he turned aside into the parts of Galile,

  • Matt 2:11-19
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    88%

    11And went into the house, and founde the babe with Mary his mother, and fell downe, and worshipped him, and opened their treasures, and presented vnto him giftes, euen golde, and frankincense, and myrrhe.

    12And after they were warned of God in a dreame, that they should not go againe to Herod, ther returned into their countrey another way.

    13After their departture, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Ioseph in a dreame, saying, Arise, and take the babe & his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there til I bring thee word: for Herod will seeke the babe, to destroy him.

    14So he arose and tooke the babe and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt,

    15And was there vnto the death of Herod, that that might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by the Prophet, saying, Out of Egypt haue I called my sonne.

    16Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked of the Wisemen, was exceeding wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the male children that were in Beth-leem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two yeere old and vnder, according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the Wisemen.

    17Then was that fulfilled which is spoken by the Prophet Ieremias, saying,

    18In Rhama was a voyce heard, mourning, and weeping, and great howling: Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they were not.

    19And whe Herod was dead, behold, an Angel of the Lorde appeareth in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypt,

  • Matt 2:7-9
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    75%

    7Then Herod priuily called the Wisemen, and diligently inquired of them the time of the starre that appeared,

    8And sent them to Beth-leem, saying, Goe, and searche diligently for the babe: and when ye haue founde him, bring mee worde againe, that I may come also, and worship him.

    9So when they had heard the King, they departed: and loe, the starre which they had seene in the East, went before them, till it came and stoode ouer the place where the babe was.

  • Matt 2:1-5
    5 verses
    71%

    1When Iesvs then was borne at Bethleem in Iudea, in the dayes of Herod the King, beholde, there came Wisemen from the East to Hierusalem,

    2Saying, Where is that King of the Iewes that is borne? For wee haue seene his starre in the East, and are come to worship him.

    3When King Herod heard this, he was troubled, and all Hierusalem with him.

    4And gathering together all the chiefe Priestes and Scribes of the people, hee asked of them, where Christ should be borne.

    5And they saide vnto him, At Beth-leem in Iudea: for so it is written by the Prophet,

  • Exod 4:19
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    19(For the Lord had said vnto Moses in Midian, Goe, returne to Egypt: for they are all dead which went about to kill thee)

  • Matt 1:24
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    24Then Ioseph, being raised from sleepe, did as the Angel of the Lorde had inioyned him, and tooke his wife.

  • Luke 2:15-17
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    15And it came to passe whe the Angels were gone away from them into heauen, that the shepheards sayde one to another, Let vs goe then vnto Beth-leem, and see this thing that is come to passe which the Lord hath shewed vnto vs.

    16So they came with haste, and founde both Marie and Ioseph, & the babe laid in the cratch.

    17And when they had seene it, they published abroade the thing, that was tolde them of that childe.

  • Luke 2:33-34
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    70%

    33And Ioseph and his mother marueiled at those things, which were spoken touching him.

    34And Simeon blessed them, and saide vnto Mary his mother, Beholde, this childe is appointed for the fall and rising againe of many in Israel, and for a signe which shalbe spoken against,

  • Matt 1:20
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    20But whiles he thought these things, behold, the Angel of the Lorde appeared vnto him in a dreame, saying, Ioseph, the sonne of Dauid, feare not to take Mary thy wife: for that which is conceiued in her, is of the holy Ghost.

  • Mark 6:16
    69%

    16So when Herod heard it, he said, It is Iohn whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

  • Luke 2:43-44
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    69%

    43And had finished the dayes thereof, as they returned, the childe Iesus remained in Hierusalem, and Ioseph knew not, nor his mother,

    44But they supposing, that he had bene in the company, went a dayes iourney, and sought him among their kinsfolke, and acquaintance.

  • Jer 41:17
    69%

    17And they departed and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to goe and to enter into Egypt,

  • 1 Kgs 3:19-21
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    69%

    19And this womans sonne died in the night: for she ouerlay him.

    20And she rose at midnight, and tooke my sonne from my side, while thine handmaide slept, and layde him in her bosome, and layde her dead sonne in my bosome.

    21And when I rose in the morning to giue my sonne sucke, beholde, he was dead: and when I had wel considered him in the morning, beholde, it was not my sonne, whom I had borne.

  • Luke 13:31
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    31The same day there came certaine Pharises, and said vnto him, Depart, and goe hence: for Herod will kill thee.

  • Acts 12:19
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    19And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commaunded them to be led to be punished; he went downe from Iudea to Cesarea, and there abode.

  • Mic 5:3
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    3Therefore will he giue them vp, vntill the time that shee which shall beare, shall trauaile: then the remnant of their brethren shall returne vnto the children of Israel.

  • Luke 2:20
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    20And the shepheardes returned glorifiyng and praising God, for all that they had heard and seene as it was spoken vnto them.

  • Matt 1:22
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    22And al this was done that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by ye Prophet, saying,

  • Luke 2:4
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    4And Ioseph also went vp from Galile out of a citie called Nazareth, into Iudea, vnto the citie of Dauid, which is called Beth-leem (because he was of the house and linage of Dauid,)

  • 1 Kgs 3:27
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    27Then the King answered, and sayde, Giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: this is his mother.

  • Exod 1:17
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    17Notwithstanding ye midwiues feared God, and did not as the King of Egypt commaunded them, but preserued aliue the men children.

  • 1 Kgs 14:12
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    12Vp therefore and get thee to thine house: for when thy feete enter into the citie, the childe shall die.

  • Luke 24:5
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    5And as they were afraide, & bowed downe their faces to the earth, they sayd to them, Why seeke ye him that liueth, among the dead?

  • Mark 13:12
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    12Yea, and the brother shall deliuer the brother to death, and the father the sonne, and the children shall rise against their parents, and shall cause them to die.

  • Luke 2:12
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    12And this shalbe a signe to you, Yee shall finde the babe swadled, and laid in a cratch.

  • Luke 2:48
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    48So when they sawe him, they were amased, and his mother said vnto him, Sonne, why hast thou thus dealt with vs? beholde, thy father and I haue sought thee with very heauie hearts.