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Matthew 2:12 is the twelfth verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. The magi , dispatched by King Herod , have found and paid homage to the Infant Jesus . In this verse this they return home rather than to Herod.
Matthew 2:1 is the first verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.The previous verse ends with Jesus being named by his father.This verse marks the clear start of a new narrative, although the use of a quotation from Isaiah 7:14 in Matthew 1:23 is also reflected in the use of four Old Testament quotations in chapter 2.
Matthew 1:18–25 Amram's contemplation about his wife's pregnancy: Josephus, Ant 2.210-216 Joseph was told that Jesus will be savior of his people from sins: Matthew 1:21: Moses was destined to be savior of his people: Josephus, Ant 2:228; b. Sot.a 12b Herod learned about the birth of Israel's liberator from scribes: Matthew 2:4–6
The single biblical account in Matthew 2 simply presents an event at an unspecified point after Jesus's birth in which an unnumbered party of unnamed "wise men" (μάγοι, mágoi) visits him in a house (οἰκίαν, oikian), not a stable. [14] The New Revised Standard Version of Matthew 2:1–12 describes the visit of the Magi in this manner:
The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:13–23) and in New Testament apocrypha.Soon after the visit by the Magi, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to flee to Egypt with Mary and the infant Jesus since King Herod would seek the child to kill him.
Two other references to Bethlehem being in Judea in Matthew 2:1 and 2:5 indicate that Matthew was keen to show that Jesus was born in Judea. In this verse he does not use the same spelling he did previously, thus also linking to the Old Testament figure Judah. In the second line, the author of Matthew reverses the meaning of the original.
One theory is that Matthew is writing an apologetic for why the messiah comes from the small and unknown town in Nazareth in Gentile dominated Galilee. [1] This is the only time in the chapter that Magi speak. Davies and Allison believe their general silence throughout the narrative helps maintain the travellers aura of mystery. [2]
Second dream: In Matthew 2:13, Joseph is warned to leave Bethlehem and flee to Egypt. Third dream : In Matthew 2:19–20 , while in Egypt, Joseph is told that it is safe to go back to Israel . Fourth dream : In Matthew 2:22 , because he had been warned in a dream, Joseph awakens to depart for the region of Galilee instead of going to Judea .