Matthew 2:22

Joseph, Mary, And Jesus Return To Nazareth

²¹ Then Joseph got up, and took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. ²² But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod [the Great], he was afraid to go there. Then being warned by God in a dream, he left for the region of Galilee, ²³ and went and settled in a city called Nazareth. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: “He shall be called a Nazarene.”

Land of Israel

Archelaus

Galilee

Herod

Israel

Judaea

Judea

Nazareth

Luke 2:39

And when they had done everything [in connection with Jesus’ birth] according to the Law of the Lord, they went back to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.

Genesis 19:17-21

When they had brought them outside, one [of the angels] said, “Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, or stop anywhere in the entire valley; escape to the mountains [of Moab], or you will be consumed and swept away.”

1 Samuel 16:2

But Samuel said, “How can I go? When Saul hears about it, he will kill me.” And the Lord said, “Take a heifer from the herd with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

Psalm 48:14

For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will be our guide even until death.

Psalm 73:24

You will guide me with Your counsel,
And afterward receive me to honor and glory.

Psalm 107:6-7

Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He rescued them from their distresses.

Psalm 121:8

The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in [everything that you do]
From this time forth and forever.

Isaiah 30:21

Your ears will hear a word behind you, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right or to the left.

Isaiah 48:17-18

This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says,

“I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit (benefit),
Who leads you in the way that you should go.

Matthew 1:20

But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 2:12-13

And having been warned [by God] in a dream not to go back to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way.

Matthew 2:19

But when Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said,

Matthew 3:13

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan [River], to be baptized by him.

John 7:41-42

Others said, “This is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed)!” But others said, “Surely the Christ is not going to come out of Galilee, is He?

John 7:52

They responded, “Are you also from Galilee? Search [and read the Scriptures], and see [for yourself] that no prophet comes from Galilee!”

Acts 9:13-14

But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, especially how much suffering and evil he has brought on Your saints (God’s people) at Jerusalem;