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Matthew 2:20-22
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20 saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child’s life are dead.” 21 So[a] he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus[b] was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod,[c] he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee.

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  1. Matthew 2:21 tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of the angel’s instructions.
  2. Matthew 2:22 sn Archelaus took after his father Herod the Great in terms of cruelty and ruthlessness, so Joseph was afraid to go there. After further direction in a dream, he went instead to Galilee.
  3. Matthew 2:22 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.
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