So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,He arose and took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt,When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt;
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… When the Magi had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him. Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt. He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled. Out of Egypt I have called my son. When Herod had died, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, Rise, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead. He rose, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go back there. …
… and verse 14 says when he arose he took the young child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt Joseph had a dream that he was to leave town in a hurry so he did and verse 16 says Herod when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men was exceedingly angry he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its districts from two years old and younger according to the time which he had determined from the wise men when Moses came upon the scene an infant you remember was put in the basket at that time Pharaoh became jealous threatened because he heard God was raising up a king and so he purposed to kill all the children under a certain age why? God was bringing a deliverer the enemy tried to destroy by killing the children. When Jesus came on the scene as the savior of the world, the devil once again inspired people to kill the children because he had something arising in that hour. …
… Get up, he said. Take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod, says King Herod, is going to search for the child to kill him. So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and he left for Egypt. where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet, out of Egypt I called my son. Now that's Hosea's prophecy, hundreds of years before Jesus was born. And people might've thought, wait a minute, the prophet says that Jesus is gonna be born in Bethlehem and this prophet says he's gonna come out of Egypt. Is it Bethlehem or Egypt? Is it Bethlehem or Egypt? These prophets, they need to get their story straight, right? No, it's Bethlehem, but they didn't know about Herod. And they didn't know Herod was going to issue a decree. They didn't know Jesus' family was going to have to flee into Egypt. …
… was out to getting. And so Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet out of Egypt. I called my son. You see what the Holy Spirit is doing through the pen of Matthew? He's making a case for the legitimacy of Jesus. Not with passwords, but with prophecy. What was prophesied about the Messiah was fulfilled in the life of Jesus. So many examples. Just a couple of more. After the death of John the Baptist, Jesus went to the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. Why did he go to that remote area? So that a prophecy might be fulfilled. Matthew chapter 14. Jesus healed the sick. Why? Out of love, for sure, but also to fulfill the prophecy. The scripture says that it might be fulfilled. which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, he himself took our infirmities and bore our diseases. …