Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
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Gill's Exposition
Saying, arise, and take the young child and his mother,.... Joseph strictly observed and obeyed the divine command of the angel, who had ordered him to continue in Egypt, till he brought him word what…
Barnes' Notes
They are dead who sought ... - This either refers to Herod alone, as is not uncommon, using the plural number for the singular; or it may refer to Herod and his son Antipater. He was of the same cruel…
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…
Cambridge Bible
The Return from Egypt
20. they Plural by a euphemism, the reference being to Herod alone.
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