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The Escape to Egypt

13 After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,” the angel said. “Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”

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The Escape to Egypt

13 When they had gone, an angel(A) of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream.(B) “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”(C)

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22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile River. But you may let the girls live.”

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22 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Every Hebrew boy that is born you must throw into the Nile,(A) but let every girl live.”(B)

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11 Peter finally came to his senses. “It’s really true!” he said. “The Lord has sent his angel and saved me from Herod and from what the Jewish leaders[a] had planned to do to me!”

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Footnotes

  1. 12:11 Or the Jewish people.

11 Then Peter came to himself(A) and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me(B) from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

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As soon as the angel was gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier, one of his personal attendants.

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When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants.

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19 But an angel of the Lord came at night, opened the gates of the jail, and brought them out. Then he told them,

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19 But during the night an angel(A) of the Lord opened the doors of the jail(B) and brought them out.(C)

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16 Herod was furious when he realized that the wise men had outwitted him. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, based on the wise men’s report of the star’s first appearance.

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16 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

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12 When it was time to leave, they returned to their own country by another route, for God had warned them in a dream not to return to Herod.

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12 And having been warned(A) in a dream(B) not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

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20 As he considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. “Joseph, son of David,” the angel said, “do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit.

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20 But after he had considered this, an angel(A) of the Lord appeared to him in a dream(B) and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

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15 He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night,
    when deep sleep falls on people
    as they lie in their beds.

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15 In a dream,(A) in a vision(B) of the night,(C)
    when deep sleep(D) falls on people
    as they slumber in their beds,

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The Return to Nazareth

19 When Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt. 20 “Get up!” the angel said. “Take the child and his mother back to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead.”

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The Return to Nazareth

19 After Herod died, an angel(A) of the Lord appeared in a dream(B) to Joseph in Egypt 20 and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”(C)

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14 But she was given two wings like those of a great eagle so she could fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness. There she would be cared for and protected from the dragon[a] for a time, times, and half a time.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:14 Greek the serpent; also in 12:15. See 12:9.

14 The woman was given the two wings of a great eagle,(A) so that she might fly to the place prepared for her in the wilderness, where she would be taken care of for a time, times and half a time,(B) out of the serpent’s reach.

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And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place to care for her for 1,260 days.

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The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days.(A)

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13 And God never said to any of the angels,

“Sit in the place of honor at my right hand
    until I humble your enemies,
    making them a footstool under your feet.”[a]

14 Therefore, angels are only servants—spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:13 Ps 110:1.

13 To which of the angels did God ever say,

“Sit at my right hand(A)
    until I make your enemies
    a footstool(B) for your feet”[a]?(C)

14 Are not all angels ministering spirits(D) sent to serve those who will inherit(E) salvation?(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 1:13 Psalm 110:1