To take Jesus out of the reach of Herod's soldiers who had been ordered to kill all male children below a certain age.
Jesus escaped to Egypt from Bethlehem, not Nazareth. King Herod, who wanted to kill him, ordered the massacre of all infant boys in Bethlehem, prompting Joseph and Mary to flee to Egypt with Jesus to keep him safe.
We read of Jesus in Egypt as a child. He went to the land of Gadara which was over from Galilee and largley a Greek city. He went to tyre to avoid persecution.
Mary , Joseph and the baby Jesus fled in the night to Egypt.
The SUN god is Horus. (Egypt) The son OF god is Jesus.
Egypt
it is egypt
Joseph was warned in a dream to take the young child and his mother and flee to Egypt untill he hears from God again. (Matthew 2.13) So "the holy family" that fled to Egypt, were Joseph and Mary and Jesus.
god told Moses to leave Egypt to go to his father for advice
Moses first lived in Egypt, Jesus lived in Nazareth..
the same way Jesus did...egyptian!
Egypt was a safer place for Mary and Joseph than Bethlehem because Egypt was out of the jurisdiction of King Herod, who was seeking to kill the infant Jesus. By fleeing to Egypt, Mary and Joseph were able to escape Herod's massacre in Bethlehem targeting male infants.
As far as I know Mark went to Egypt after the crucifixion.