# Matthew 2:22

> But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

— Matthew 2:22, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Galilee 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/galilee-1
- **Judea 1** — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/judea-1

## 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

- **Archelaus**, ethnarch of Judea, 4 BC – AD 6, named in the text · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVII.13; Jewish War II.7
- **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
- **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

- Isaiah 48:17-18 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/48/17
- Luke 2:39 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/2/39
- John 7:52 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/john/7/52
- Isaiah 30:21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/30/21
- Genesis 19:17-21 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/genesis/19/17
- 1 Samuel 16:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/1-samuel/16/2
- Psalms 48:14 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/48/14
- Psalms 73:24 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/73/24

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/2/22
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/matthew/2
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