# Matthew 2:21

> So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and went to the land of Israel.

— Matthew 2:21, 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

- Genesis 6:22 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/6/22
- Hebrews 11:8 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/11/8

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

## Questions linked to this verse

- According to Matthew, who was reigning in Judea when Joseph came back from Egypt? — https://scriptoria.digital/en/questions/01a151d8-1aae-70e5-8bd4-be42d1b0fa90

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2/21
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).