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The Return to Nazareth

Matthew 2:21

In 9 translations

BSB
So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.
KJV
And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
WEB
He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
ASV
And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
LSV
And he, having risen, took the Child and His mother, and came to the land of Israel,
YLT
And he, having risen, took the child and his mother, and came to the land of Israel,
DBY
And he arose and took to [him] the little child and its mother, and came into the land of Israel;
DRC
Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
GNV
Then he arose vp and tooke the babe and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read εἰσῆλθεν (“entered”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἦλθεν (“came”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: εἰσῆλθεν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read εἰσῆλθεν; Robinson–Pierpont read ἦλθεν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὁ δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς γῆν Ἰσραήλ.
RP2018
Ὁ δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβεν τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς γῆν Ἰσραήλ.
TR-Boyd
Ὁ δὲ ἐγερθεὶς παρέλαβε τὸ παιδίον καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς γῆν Ἰσραήλ.
SCR1894
ο δε εγερθεις παρελαβεν το παιδιον και την μητερα αυτου και ηλθεν εις γην ισραηλ

Who and where

◆ Joseph and Mary return from Egypt

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Part of

Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 6:22So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
  • Hebrews 11:8By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

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