14When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
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For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life. …
Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-15)We have here Christ’s flight into Egypt to avoid the cruelty of Herod, and this was the effect of the wise men’s enquiry after him; for, before that, the obscurity he lay in was his protection. It was but little respect (compared with what should have been) that was paid to Christ in his infancy: yet even that, instead of honouring him among his people, did but expose him. Now here observe, 1. The…
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