Matthew 2:22
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea 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:”
πατήρ
When Jesus teaches His disciples to pray, He begins with the most radical word imaginable — Father. In the ancient world, approaching God as Father was almost unthinkable. Jesus opens the door and says: this is how you come. Not as a subject before a king. As a child before a Father who already knows what you need.
χρηματίζω
having been divinely warned
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χρηματίζω
having been divinely warned
to utter an oracle (compare the original sense of G5530 (χράομαι)), i.e. divinely intimate; by implication, (compare the secular sense of G5532 (χρεία)) to constitute a firm for business, i.e. (generally) bear as a title
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φοβέω
he was afraid
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φοβέω
To fear, to be afraid, to reverence. Phobeo. Do not fear those who kill the body. Fear God and nothing else needs to be feared. He holds what every other fear threatens.
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μέρος
district
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μέρος
a division or share (literally or figuratively, in a wide application)
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Γαλιλαία
of Galilee,
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Γαλιλαία
Galilæa (i.e. the heathen circle), a region of Palestine
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Ἰουδαία
Judea
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Ἰουδαία
the Judæan land (i.e. Judæa), a region of Palestine
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Ἡρώδης
Herod
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Ἡρώδης
heroic; Herod, the name of four Jewish kings
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ἐκεῖ
there
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ἐκεῖ
there; by extension, thither
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ὄναρ
a dream
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ὄναρ
a dream
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