# Matthew 2:12

> And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.

— Matthew 2:12, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Bethlehem** (Judea · today Bethlehem) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/bethlehem

## When

- 6-4 BC? (counted from the text)
- Date source: Matthew 2 puts the birth under Herod the Great, whose death Josephus (Antiquities XVII.8) dates to 4 BC.

## Who ruled

- **Herod the Great**, king of Judea, 37-4 BC, named in the text · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XIV-XVII
- **Augustus**, emperor of Rome, 27 BC – AD 14 · Source: Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Augustus; Res Gestae Divi Augusti
- **Archelaus**, ethnarch of Judea, 4 BC – AD 6 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.13; Jewish War II.7
- **Herod Antipas**, tetrarch of Galilee, 4 BC – AD 39 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8-XVIII.7
- **Philip**, tetrarch of Ituraea, 4 BC – AD 34 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.8, XVIII.4

## See also

- Matthew 2:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/19
- Matthew 2:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/22
- Matthew 2:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/13
- Matthew 27:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/27/19
- Genesis 20:6-7 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/20/6
- Genesis 31:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/31/24
- Matthew 1:20 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/1/20
- Exodus 1:17 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/1/17

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/12
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).