What city did Joseph and Mary travel from?

Answer 1

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There are two nativity stories in the New Testament, so the name of the town depends on which gospel story we refer to.

In Matthew's Gospel, Mary and Joseph lived in a house in Bethlehem, just south of Jerusalem. When warned in a dream that King Herod sought to have Jesus killed, they travelled from Bethlehem to Egypt, for safety. After word of Herod's death reached them in Egypt, they began the return jouney to Bethlehem, but we are not told where they had been staying in Egypt. Before reaching Bethlehem, they were warned of further danger in Judea, so turned aside and travelled to Galilee, where they settled in a town called Nazareth (Matthew 2:23)

In Luke's Gospel, Mary and Joseph lived in Nazareth, in Galilee. They travelled from there to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. A few weeks after the birth, they travlled back from Bethlehem to Jerusalem, to present Jesus at the Temple, then from Jerusalem back to their home in Nazareth.

Answer 2

We are told in Luke1:26 that the angel Gabreil was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth to a virgin.

We are told in the Gospel of Luke 2:4 that Joseph went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth into Judea, to the city of David (Bethlehem).

By these two Scriptures we are informed that both Mary and Joseph were from the city of Nazareth in Galilee.

Answer 3

Before Christ's birth, they travelled from Nazareth. Afterwards, they travelled from Bethlehem to Egypt.