21 So [a]Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being (A)warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee, 23 and came and settled in a city called (B)Nazareth. This happened so that what was spoken through the prophets would be fulfilled: “He will be called a (C)Nazarene.”

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  1. Matthew 2:21 Lit he

21 So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Having been warned in a dream,(A) he withdrew to the district of Galilee,(B) 23 and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth.(C) So was fulfilled(D) what was said through the prophets, that he would be called a Nazarene.(E)

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