Matthew 2:13-15

The Escape to Egypt

2:13 After they had gone, an ¹  angel of the Lord ²  appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod ³  is going to look for the child to kill him.” 2:14 Then he got up, took the child and his mother during ⁴  the night, and went to Egypt. 2:15 He stayed there until Herod ⁵  died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled: “I called my Son out of Egypt.” ⁶ 

Revelation 12:4-5

12:4 Now ⁷  the dragon’s ⁸  tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then ⁹  the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born. 12:5 So ¹⁰  the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, ¹¹  who is going to rule ¹²  over all the nations ¹³  with an iron rod. ¹⁴  Her ¹⁵  child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne,

¹ tn Grk “behold, an angel.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

² tn Or “the angel of the Lord.” See the note on the word “Lord” in 1:20.

³ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Herod the Great was particularly ruthless regarding the succession to his throne.

⁴ tn The feminine singular genitive noun νυκτός (nuktos, “night”) indicates the time during which the action of the main verb takes place (ExSyn 124).

⁵ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.

⁶ sn A quotation from Hos 11:1.

⁷ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “now” to indicate that this remark is virtually parenthetical.

⁸ tn Grk “its”; the referent (the dragon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

¹⁰ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the conclusion of the anticipated birth.

¹¹ tn On this term BDAG 135 s.v. ἄρσην states: “male…The neut. ἄρσεν Rv 12:5, difft. vs. 13, comes fr. Is 66:7 and is in apposition to υἱόν. On the juxtaposition s. FBoll, ZNW 15, 1914, 253; BOlsson, Glotta 23, ’34, 112.”

¹² tn Grk “shepherd.”

¹³ tn Or “all the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “Gentiles” or “nations”).

¹⁴ tn Or “scepter.” The Greek term ῥάβδος (rJabdo") can mean either “rod” or “scepter.”

¹⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.