Matthew 2:20-22
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
20 and said,(A) “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.”[a] 21 He rose, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod,[b] he was afraid to go back there. And because he had been warned in a dream, he departed for the region of Galilee.
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- 2:20 For those who sought the child’s life are dead: Moses, who had fled from Egypt because the Pharaoh sought to kill him (see Ex 2:15), was told to return there, “for all the men who sought your life are dead” (Ex 4:19).
- 2:22 With the agreement of the emperor Augustus, Archelaus received half of his father’s kingdom, including Judea, after Herod’s death. He had the title “ethnarch” (i.e., “ruler of a nation”) and reigned from 4 B.C. to A.D. 6.
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