The angel. See Matthew 1:20.

Flee into Egypt. Egypt is situated to the south-west of Judea, and is distant from Bethlehem …

The angel—It is better translated as an angel. The interval of time between the departure of the Magi and Joseph’s dream …

Angels were busy in those days, for they had special charge of their Royal Master. Joseph’s high office, as guardian of the young child and his mot…

Rabanus Maurus: Here Matthew omits the day of purification when the first-born must be presented in the Temple with a lamb, or…

The verb “had gone” (v.13) is the same as “returned” in the preceding verse, tying the two accounts together. This is the third dream in these two …

And when they had departed. How many days elapsed from the departure of the Magi until Joseph was ordered to flee into Egypt is not known,…

And when they were departed
That is immediately, or as soon as they were gone, or in a very little time after, proba…

Egypt had been a house of bondage to Israel, and particularly cruel to the infants of Israel; yet it was to be a place of refuge for the holy Child…

It was discu ed above how the Wise Men bore witne to Christ being born; now, however, it is discu ed how the Holy Innocents bear witne , not by spe…