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This is in Matthew's Gospel, where Mary and Joseph fled from Bethlehem to Egypt with the baby Jesus. In the nativity account in Luke's Gospel, the young family returned from Bethlehem to Nazareth in Galilee when Jesus was only a few weeks old, and could therefore never have fled from Bethlehem to Egypt, as described in the other gospel.
In Matthew's Gospel, Bethlehem was the home town of Joseph and Mary, so there was no reason for them to hurry home to Nazareth, as they did in Luke. Wise men, or magi, came following a star from the east, to see and worship the baby who would be king of the Jews. They sought assistance from Herod who, fearing for his own tenure as king, sought to have Jesus killed. Being warned in a dream, Joseph took Mary and Jesus to Egypt to avoid having Jesus killed. Although Herod ordered all the baby boys under two years old to be slaughtered, this is unlikely to have happened just when Jesus was two years old, because a despot would have allowed a substantial margin in order to ensure the baby was certainly killed. In fact, it has been pointed out that the author of Matthew was writing Christian midrash, and that he was really drawing a parallel between Jesus and Moses. Just as the Old Testament says that the evil pharaoh had the baby boys under two years old slaughtered, so now the evil king also had the baby boys under two years old slaughtered. As far as historians can establish, King Herod never ordered all the baby boys to be killed.
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Did Jesus Mary and Joseph go to Egypt after Jesus'?
Baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph went to Egypt because the King of Bethlehem was scared of being replaced by a younger unrelated boy, so ordered all boys under age 5 to be put to death.
Why did Mary the mother of Jesus go to Africa?
While still in Bethleham, after the birth of Jesus, Joseph had a dream. He was instructed to take the mother and child into Egypt to avoid King Harrod's soldiers who were sent to kill all male children under the age of two.
Where did Mary and Jesus go after they left Bethlehem?
Egypt.
What is the Egypt that Jesus leads us out of?
In my opinion: The Egypt that Jesus leads us out of is the inability to achieve salvation. Jesus enabled people to go to heaven. However, unlike the story of the Jews' escape from Egypt, not all of us will escape to paradise. We must give to the least of his people is he is to save us.
Why did Jesus' parents go to Egypt from judaea?
i dont know thats why im asking answers.com
Why did Jesus's parents go to Egypt from Judaea?
To save Him from the onslaughts of Herod the Great.
Where did Jesus family go to escape king herod?
Although it said Egypt, it is believed that the land of Goshen or the Sinai Peninsula is where Joseph, Mary and Jesus escaped.
What country did Mary Joseph and Jesus go to?
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".
How many days did it take Mary and Joseph to go to Egypt with baby Jesus?
That is not known. It is believed that they did not travel to Egypt, but rather to Egyptian territory, to get away from King Herod.
Which direction was Nubia from Egypt?
You would go South.
How old was Moses when he went to Midian?
He was 40 years of age when he went to Midian. (He was 80 when he left Midian to go to Egypt and confront Pharaoh).
Did Joseph and Mary ever take Jesus to Egypt?
In Matthew's Gospel, Joseph fled to Egypt with Jesus and Mary, and remained there until Herod died. However, in Luke's Gospel, Joseph, Jesus and Mary did not go the Egypt. So which (if any) is correct?Many New Testament scholars say that neither nativity story is correct. John Shelby Spong says in Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Birth of Jesus, Matthew was clearly writing Christian midrash.
