Discovery BoxMatthew 2:8 
Context2:8 He 1 sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well.”
Matthew 2:13
ContextThe Escape to Egypt
2:13 After they had gone, an 2 angel of the Lord 3 appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod 4 is going to look for the child to kill him.”
1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.
2 tn Grk “behold, an angel.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).
3 tn Or “the angel of the Lord.” See the note on the word “Lord” in 1:20.
4 sn See the note on King Herod in 2:1. Herod the Great was particularly ruthless regarding the succession to his throne.
