Although it said Egypt, it is believed that the land of Goshen or the Sinai Peninsula is where Joseph, Mary and Jesus escaped.
King Herod went crazy,because he was afraid Jesus would take his throne.
pontius pilate. the king was herod
They fled to Egypt to escape the murder of the boy children of Bethlehem by Herod. After King Herod died, they went to Nazareth to live because they came from Nazareth in the first place. Luke 2, Matthew 2.
First Antigonus, then Herod the Great. In 40 BCE the Parthians captured Palestine and installed Antigonus as king. Herod retook Jerusalem and ruled as king from 37 to his death in 4 BCE.
Jesus. John the Baptist also survived as he and Jesus were about the same age.
When word got out that King Herod was after Jesus and his family, they escaped to Egypt. Jesus was thought to be the King of Kings and Herod thought of him as a threat.
Shortly after Jesus was born, his family fled to Egypt to escape King Herod who wanted to kill Jesus because he felt he was a threat to his power after Jesus was called "The King of Kings".
Herod Antipas was the king during the time when Jesus was performing his miracles.
In the bible the king who was ruling Bethleham was king Herod.
Jesus referred to Herod as 'that fox'.
When Jesus was born king Herod was king.
King Herod was the ruler of Judea during the time of Jesus' birth. He is known for ordering the massacre of infants in Bethlehem in an attempt to kill the baby Jesus, whom he saw as a threat to his rule. Herod's actions are mentioned in the Biblical accounts of Jesus' birth in the Gospel of Matthew.
Herod was king at the time of jesus .
King Herod went crazy,because he was afraid Jesus would take his throne.
There are two, quite different gospel stories of the birth of Jesus. In Luke's Gospel, Joseph and Mary came from Nazareth to Bethlehem to take part in a census. Jesus was born in Bethlehem and, a few days later, the family travelled to Jerusalem for the Temple ritual, without any apparent concern regarding King Herod. They then returned peacefully to Nazareth. At no time in this account, was Jesus ever in any danger from Herod. In Matthew's Gospel, Bethlehem appears to be the home town of Joseph and Mary. After the birth of Jesus, King Herod sought to have him killed, so the young family fled from Bethlehem to safety in Egypt. After the death of Herod, they began to return to Bethlehem, but being warned in a dream, turned aside and travelled to a new home in Nazareth.
The Wise men told king Herod that the messiah would take over him and that the messiah is a child. Jesus was hiding because he was the messiah and did not want to get killed by king Herod.
They escaped to Egypt to escape from King Herod because the Wise Men told him about Jesus (they didn't know they were putting him in danger he told them he would send presents and things)and he was jealus. God told the Wise men not to go back and tell King Herod because he would kill Jesus but King Herod then orded every new born to be killed.