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In Matthew's Gospel, Bethlehem appears to be the home town of Jesus' parents, Joseph and Mary. After Jesus was born, magicame following a star from the east to see the new Messiah, whom they found in a house in Bethlehem. But Herod was afraid that Jesus would become king in his place. Jesus and his family fled immediately to Egypt, while Herod had all the infants killed, in order to remove a supposed rival. After Herod died, the family returned towards Bethlehem but,being warned in a dream, turned aside and migrated to Nazareth in Galilee.
Matthew says that Herod was afraid that Jesus would grow up to usurp his throne. First of all, Herod demonstrated a significant lack of concern as to whether his sons succeeded him, so he must have felt that he himself would be overthrown. As he was quite an old man when he died, Matthew seems to suggest that Jesus was born well before Herod died, when he was still young enough to expect to reign for a few more years. So, Matthew seems to place the birth of Jesus quite a few years before 4 BCE. Herod's son, Archelaus, only ruled until 6 CE, when Judea became a province ruled from Rome. Therefore the return would have been between 4 BCE and 6 CE.
From this analysis, it can not be said just how long Jesus would have stayed in Egypt, other than that it would have to be several years. On hearing of Herod's death, the family began to return to their home in Bethlehem but being warned of danger from King Archelaus, turned aside and travelled northwards to Nazareth in Galilee. They would not have taken the shortest route to Nazareth, since that would have taken them through Samaria, which was hostile territory for Jews. Their only choice would be to travel to the east of the River Jordan. As they had at first headed from Egypt towards Bethlehem, they could have travelled south of the Dead Sea and then north to the Decapolis and cross back at some point to Galilee. Alternatively, they could have crossed the River Jordan somewhere to the north of the Dead Sea and travelled north. The actual distance travelled depends on the route they took.
Luke's Gospel also has a story of the birth of Jesus. However, in this story, Nazareth was the hometown of Joseph and Mary, and they did return home peacefully within just a few weeks of the birth of Jesus. On this account, Jesus never spent time in Egypt.
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How long would it have taken Jesus Mary and Joseph to travel from Jerusalem to Nazareth?
3 days
How long did Christ live in Nazareth with Joseph and Mary?
Quite possibly up to the time of the start of His earthly ministry, which would have been 30 years plus.
How long before Mary and Joseph returned to Nazareth from Bethlehem?
This is a reference to the Nativity story in Luke's Gospel, since in Matthew's Gospel, Mary and Joseph lived in Bethlehem and had probably never been to Nazareth. Luke 2:22 says that when the days of purification for Mary were completed, after the birth of Jesus, they took Jesus to Jerusalem to present him at the Temple, then 2:39 says that when they had accomplished these things they returned home to Nazareth. They would probably have begun their journey forty days after the birth of Jesus.
How long was Mary and Josephs' journey?
Mary and Joseph's journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born, was approximately 70-90 miles. They likely traveled by foot or on a donkey, which would have taken them several days to complete.
How long was Joseph in Egypt?
Joseph was either in prison for twenty years or in Egypt for twenty years. But I think it was Joseph in Egypt for twenty years.
How long did the flight into Egypt take?
A:Matthew's Gospel does not say how long the flight into Egypt took. The majority consensus of New Testament scholars is that the nativity story in Matthew was written in order to draw parallels between Moses and Jesus, as well as to explain why Jesus grew up in Nazareth if the home town of Mary and Joseph was really in Bethlehem. They say that the events in the infancy account never really happened, in which case we can never really say how long the flight to Egypt took.
Where can you find how many days it took Mary and Joseph to get to Bethlehem?
A:The story of Mary and Joseph travelling from Nazareth to Bethlehem is found only in Luke 2:4-5. Since this says nothing about how long they took, we can never find out how long. In Matthew's Gospel, Bethlehem was already their home town and they never went to Nazareth until after the birth of Jesus and they had fled to Egypt (Matthew 2:22-23: "But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither [return to Bethlehem]: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.")
Did Mary and Joseph live together before they were married?
By reading the Nativity story in Luke and Matthew we learn that first of all Joseph, Mary and Jesus traveled to Egypt for a short stay (we don't know how long) and then they returned to Nazareth and lived there for some years.
When did Mary and Joseph begin the journey to Bethlehem?
They took one donkey for Mary to rest upon. .................................. There is no mention that Mary and Joseph had a donkey in any of the Gospels, or elsewhere in Scripture. One can assume that they walked, but the bottom line is that no one can be sure what their mode of travel might have been.
How long did it take Joseph and Mary to travel from Egypt to nazareth?
As they walked slowly and Mary on a donkey, that does not travel fast like a horse they covered 4-to 7 miles a day s. so it took them time a year or two.
Did Mary have a baby while staying in Egypt during Jesus' first 12 years on earth and what was the baby's name and is the name in the Holy Bible?
A:The story of Joseph fleeing with Mary and Jesus to Egypt is to be found in Matthew's Gospel only. At verse 2:20, this gospel suggests that Mary did not have another child while in Egypt. Matthew does not say how long the young family was in Egypt, but most Christians imagine it was much less than 12 years.
How did Joseph die in the Bible?
Joseph died in the Bible at an old age in Egypt, after living a long and prosperous life.
