22But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
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Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. …
And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. …
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? …
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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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