The Angel of the Lord’s Second Poem about Jesus: Herod’s Attempt to kill Jesus – Matthew 2:13

In Matthew 2:13, the Angel of the Lord created a poem about Herod’s attempt to kill Jesus. As we saw in the first poem that the Angel of the Lord made, Jesus’ name and the Hebrew word for “save” form a strong pun. Similarly, Herod’s name and the Hebrew word for “kill” also form a strong pun. Below are the Hebrew pun combinations in Matthew 2:13:

“Appeared” נראה

“Boy” הנער

“Herod” הורודוס

“Kill” להרוג

13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared {“Appeared” (נראה)}

 to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child {“Boy” (הנער)}

and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod {“Herod” (הורודוס)}

is about to search for the child {“Boy” (הנער)}, to destroy {“Kill” (להרוג)} him.”

Based on “The Passion: The Poetry of God”