Being warned [χ ρ η μ α τ ι σ θ ε ν τ ε ς]. The verb means to give a response to one who asks or consults : hence, in the passive, as here, to receive an answer. The word therefore implies that the wise men had sought counsel of God; and so Wycliffe, "And answer taken in sleep."

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Old Testament