Matthew 2:20 - Exposition

Saying, Arise, and take the young Child and his mother (so far verbally equivalent to Matthew 2:13 ). And go into the land. of Israel; any part of the holy and promised land ( 1 Samuel 13:19 ; Ezekiel 11:17 ). For they are dead which sought the young Child's life . The plural is difficult, and is perhaps best explained as an adaptation of the historic parallel of Exodus 4:19 .