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Why did Baby Jesus go to Egypt?
The Gospel of Matthew describes how Joseph, Mary, and Jesus went to Egypt to escape from Herod the Great’s slaughter of the baby boys in Bethlehem.
Why did Jesus go to Egypt?
Mary and Joseph traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem in 5 B.C. before the birth of Jesus Christ. The family moved to Egypt after Joseph was told in a dream to flee to the now North African country to escape the command of Herod the Great to slaughter children in and around Bethlehem.
How long did Jesus stay in Egypt?
The Journey They reached Egypt after a 65 kilometers journey where they lived for three years until after the death of Herod in 4 B.C. when Joseph had a dream that it is safe to return to Israel. The family traveled to Nazareth which took them a journey of at least 170 kilometers.
What do Joseph’s word about God sending him to Egypt teach you?
But Joseph says to them: “Now, do not be distressed or reproach yourself because you sold me hither; it was to save life that God sent me ahead of you.” (Gen 45:5). We could understand the story as an illustration of how God works in the world.
Why did Joseph take Mary and Jesus to Egypt?
Matt. 2:13-18 Joseph is warned by an angel in a dream to take Jesus and Mary to Egypt to escape King Herod’s wrath (see 3 on Map 4). They escape by night, just before Herod orders the murder of all baby boys born in and around Bethlehem during the last two years.
What does the Bible say about Jesus going to Egypt?
Jeremiah 44:14 – So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
How old was Jesus when he came from Egypt?
In the Gospel of the Infancy it is stated at three years; in the History of Joseph at one year; in Tatian’s Harmony at seven years ; by Epiphanius at two years. Athanasius makes Jesus four years old when He came from Egypt; Baronius eight years.
What does the Bible say about the flight to Egypt?
The Bible describes how an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph giving him instructions to take Mary and the young child into Egypt (Matthew 2:13). The flight to Egypt by Jesus’ family is related by Matthew to the statement in Hosea 11:1 which refers historically to the deliverance of the Hebrews from Egypt.