# Matthew 2:20

> “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those seeking the Child’s life are now dead.”

— Matthew 2:20, Berean Standard Bible

## Who appears

- **Joseph** (the carpenter) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/people/joseph-of-nazareth

## 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

- **Augustus**, emperor of Rome, 27 BC – AD 14 · Source: Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Augustus; Res Gestae Divi Augusti
- **Herod the Great**, king of Judea, 37-4 BC · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XIV-XVII
- **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

- Exodus 4:19 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/exodus/4/19
- 1 Kings 12:1-3 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/12/1
- Matthew 2:13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/13
- 1 Kings 11:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/11/21
- 1 Kings 11:40 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-kings/11/40
- Proverbs 3:5-6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/proverbs/3/5

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

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/20
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).