12 And after they were [a]warned of God in a dream, that they should not go again to Herod, they returned into their country another way.

13 [b]After their departure, behold, the Angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the babe and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there till I bring thee word, for Herod will seek the babe to destroy him.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:12 God warned and told them of it, whereas they asked it not.
  2. Matthew 2:13 Christ being yet scarce born, beginneth to be crucified for us, both in himself, and also in his members.

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