Matthew 2:12

2:12 After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, ¹  they went back by another route to their own country.

Matthew 2:16

2:16 When Herod ²  saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men ³  to kill all the children in Bethlehem ⁴  and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

[2:12]  ¹ sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1.

[2:16]  ² sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Note the fulfillment of the prophecy given by the angel in 2:13.

[2:16]  ³ tn Or “soldiers.”

[2:16]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.