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14 Then he got up, took the child and his mother during[a] the night, and went to Egypt. 15 He stayed there until Herod[b] died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”[c]

16 When Herod[d] saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men[e] to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:14 tn The feminine singular genitive noun νυκτός (nuktos, “night”) indicates the time during which the action of the main verb takes place (ExSyn 124).
  2. Matthew 2:15 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.
  3. Matthew 2:15 sn A quotation from Hos 11:1.
  4. Matthew 2:16 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Note the fulfillment of the prophecy given by the angel in 2:13.
  5. Matthew 2:16 tn Or “soldiers.”