21And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.
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Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 19-23)We have here Christ’s return out of Egypt into the land of Israel again. Egypt may serve to sojourn in, or take shelter in, for a while, but not to abide in. Christ was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel , and therefore to them he must return. Observe, I. What it was that made way for his return—the death of Herod, which happened not long after the murder of the infants; some think not…
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