Matthew 2:21

21 He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into Eretz-Yisra'el.

Matthew 2:21 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 2:21

And he arose and took the young child and his mother
He exactly conformed in every circumstance to the orders given him, with respect to the persons he took, the place he went to, and the expeditiousness of doing it; and is an example of ready and cheerful obedience to the commands of God, worthy of imitation. We may learn from hence, as well as from some other instances already met with, a reason among others, why, though Mary was a virgin, and even if she was to continue so, yet she must be espoused to Joseph as her husband; that she might have one to take care of her and her young child, and be a means, under God, of preserving, protecting, and providing for them.

Matthew 2:21 In-Context

19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Yosef in Mitzrayim, saying,

20 "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into Eretz-Yisra'el, for those who sought the young child's life are dead."

21 He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into Eretz-Yisra'el.

22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Yehudah in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of the Galil,

23 and came and lived in a city called Natzeret; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a Natzri."