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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Matthew 2:19

But, when Herod was, dead, lo! a messenger of the Lord, appeareth by dream unto Joseph in Egypt;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Angel (a Spirit);   Dream;   Egypt;   Jesus, the Christ;   Joseph;   Miracles;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dreams;   Joseph;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dreams;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Herod;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Angels;   Edom;   Joseph the husband of mary;   Mary;   Nazareth;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Angel;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Hutchinsonians;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Divination;   Dream;   Herod the Great;   Jesus;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dream;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Archaeology and Biblical Study;   Archangel;   Joseph;   Matthew, the Gospel of;   Nazareth, Nazarene;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Herod;   Interpretation;   Magi;   Magic, Divination, and Sorcery;   Mss;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Angels;   Angels (2);   Children;   Dates (2);   Dream;   Dream (2);   Egypt;   Infancy;   Joseph (2);   Ministry;   Night (2);   Praise (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Dreams;   Herod the Great;   Herod, Family of;   Joseph ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Herod;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Bethlehem;   Egypt;   Gospel;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Angel;   Decease, in New Testament;   Dream;   Herod;   Joseph, Husband of Mary;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
King James Version (1611)
But when Herode was dead, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeareth in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypt,
King James Version
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
English Standard Version
But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
New American Standard Bible
But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said,
New Century Version
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord spoke to Joseph in a dream while he was in Egypt.
Amplified Bible
But when Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And whe Herod was dead, behold, an Angel of the Lorde appeareth in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypt,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said,
Legacy Standard Bible
But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord *appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
Contemporary English Version
After King Herod died, an angel from the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph while he was still in Egypt.
Complete Jewish Bible
After Herod's death, an angel of Adonai appeared in a dream to Yosef in Egypt
Darby Translation
But Herod having died, behold, an angel of [the] Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
While Joseph was in Egypt, Herod died. An angel from the Lord came to Joseph in a dream
George Lamsa Translation
When King Herod died, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
Good News Translation
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt
Lexham English Bible
Now after Herod had died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Literal Translation
But Herod having expired, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph by a dream in Egypt,
American Standard Version
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
Bible in Basic English
But when Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord came in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Hebrew Names Version
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Yosef in Mitzrayim, saying,
International Standard Version
But after Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt
Etheridge Translation
BUT when Herodes, the king, was dead, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Jauseph in Metsreen,
Murdock Translation
But when king Herod was dead, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But when Herode was dead, beholde, an Angel of the Lorde appeared to Ioseph in a dreame, in Egipt, saying.
English Revised Version
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
World English Bible
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Weymouth's New Testament
But after Herod's death an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said to him,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But whanne Eroude was deed, loo! the aungel of the Lord apperide to Joseph in sleep in Egipt,
Update Bible Version
But when Herod was dead, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
New English Translation
After Herod had died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt
New King James Version
Luke 2:39">[xr] Now when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
New Living Translation
When Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.
New Life Bible
After Herod died, an angel of the Lord came to Joseph in a dream while he was in Egypt.
New Revised Standard
When Herod died, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said,
Douay-Rheims Bible
But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph in Egypt,
Revised Standard Version
But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When Herode was deed: beholde an angell of ye Lorde appered in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypte
Young's Literal Translation
And Herod having died, lo, a messenger of the Lord in a dream doth appear to Joseph in Egypt,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
When Herode was deed: beholde, an angell of the LORDE appered in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypte,
Mace New Testament (1729)
But after the death of Herod, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
THE MESSAGE
Later, when Herod died, God's angel appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt: "Up, take the child and his mother and return to Israel. All those out to murder the child are dead."
Simplified Cowboy Version
When Herod was dead, an angel once again came to Joseph in a dream and

Contextual Overview

19 But, when Herod was, dead, lo! a messenger of the Lord, appeareth by dream unto Joseph in Egypt; 20 saying - Arise! and take unto thee the child and its mother, and be journeying into the land of Israel, - for they are dead, who were seeking the life of the child. 21 And, he, arising, took unto him the child and its mother, and entered into the land of Israel. 22 Hearing, however, that, Archelaus, was reigning over Judaea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid, thither, to go, - and so, being instructed by dream, he retired into the parts of Galilee; 23 and came and fixed his dwelling in a city called Nazareth, - that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets - A Nazarene, shall he be called.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Herod: Psalms 76:10, Isaiah 51:12, Daniel 8:25, Daniel 11:45

an: Matthew 2:13, Matthew 1:20, Psalms 139:7, Jeremiah 30:10, Ezekiel 11:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:12 - he dreamed Exodus 2:23 - the king Numbers 12:6 - a dream 1 Kings 3:5 - in a dream Matthew 2:15 - until Matthew 18:10 - their

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said to them Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, - and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.
Genesis 2:4
These are the geneses of the heavens and the earth when they were created, - in the day when Yahweh God made earth and heavens.
Genesis 2:8
And Yahweh God planted a garden in Eden, on the east, - and put there the man whom he had formed.
Genesis 2:20
So the man gave names to all the tame-beasts, and to the birds of the heavens, and to all the wild-beasts of the field, - but, for man, had there not been found a helper as his counterpart.
Genesis 2:22
And Yahweh God builded the rib which he had taken from the man, into a woman, and brought her in unto the man.
Genesis 2:23
And the man said, This, one, now, is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh! This, one shall be called Woman, for, out of a man, hath this one been taken.
Genesis 6:20
Of the bird after its kind and of the beast after its kind, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each, shall come in unto thee. for keeping alive.
Genesis 9:2
and let the fear of you and the dread of you be upon every living creature of the earth, and upon every bird of the heavens, - over everything that moveth along on the ground, and over all the fishes of the sea, - into your hand, have they been given.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But when Herod was dead,.... Who died, as before observed, a few months after this tragedy was acted; and, according to the w Jewish writers, on the seventh day of the month Cisleu, and which answers to the twenty fifth of our November: and was afterwards observed as a day of rejoicing by the Jews. The account which Josephus x, and from him Eusebius y, gives of his miserable death, is as follows; a burning fever seized him, with an intolerable itching all over his body, and continual pains of the colic; his feet swelled with a dropsy; he had an inflammation in the lower part of his belly: a putrefaction in his privy parts, which bred worms; a frequency and difficulty of breathing, and convulsions in all his members; he had a voracious appetite, a stinking breath, and his intestines abounded with ulcers; when he found that all means made use of were ineffectual, and that he must die, he attempted to lay violent hands upon himself, but was prevented, and soon after expired in a very miserable manner. Now some time after his death,

behold an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt. It may be the same angel who appeared in the same manner, and ordered him to go into Egypt, with the young child and his mother; and who now brings him news of the death of Herod, and bids him return to the land of Israel; which shows the watchful providence of God, and the useful ministry of angels, concerned in the preservation of the infant Jesus.

w Megillah Taanith apud Van Till. de anno, &c. Christ. Nat. p. 122. x De Bello Judaic. l. 1. c. 33. sect. 5. 7. & Antiq. l. 17. c. 9. y Eccl. Hist. l. 1. c. 8. p. 25, 26.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Herod was dead - See the notes at Matthew 2:15. Herod left three sons, and the kingdom was at his death divided between them. To Archelaus was given Judea, Idumea, and Samaria; to Philip, Batanea and Trachonitis; to Antipas, Galilee and Perea.

Each of these was also called Herod, and these are the individuals who are so frequently referred to in the New Testament during the ministry. of the Saviour and the labors of the apostles. The above table will show at a glance the chief connections of this family, as far as they are mentioned in the sacred history.


 
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