Fugitives
Jesus spent part of his earliest childhood as a refugee. An angel told Joseph in a dream, “Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt,” because Herod would seek the child to destroy him. Joseph got up and took them “by night,” and they stayed until Herod died. Matthew sees in this the words, “Out of Egypt have I called my son.” A family leaving home in a hurry, ahead of a ruler’s anger, is about as plain a picture of fleeing as the Gospels give. Read Matthew 2 through to the end of the chapter.
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Matthew
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:
And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.