Matthew 2:15

Matthew 2:15 is the fifteenth verse of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Joseph has taken Jesus and his family to Egypt to flee the wrath of King Herod.

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Rest on the Flight into Egypt by Philipp Otto Runge, 1806
BookGospel of Matthew
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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:

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.

The World English Bible translates the passage as:

and was there until the death of
Herod; that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken by the Lord
through the prophet, saying,
"Out of Egypt I called my son."

For a collection of other versions see BibleHub Matthew 2:15

Analysis

Herod is believed to have died in March of 4 BC.[1] The Gospel gives little detail about the Holy Family's time in Egypt, but there are a number of apocryphal tales filling in this period. These stories of the time in Egypt have been especially important to the Coptic Church, which is based in that country. Throughout Egypt there are a number of churches and shrines that claim to mark an area where the Holy Family stayed. The most important of these is the church of Abu Serghis that claims to be built on the place the family had its home.

This verse contains Matthew's third direct quote from the Old Testament.[2] This brief line is from Hosea 11:1, referring to God's call to Israel as his firstborn son (cf. Exodus 4:22) 'out of Egypt at the time of Exodus'.[1] Matthew's emphasis here is 'the truth that Jesus is the embodiment and fulfillment of the mission and identity of Israel', because 'everything that God called Israel to be, Jesus is'.[3] Long observes the faint outlines of a prominent theological theme in Matthew, that is, 'the hidden hand of God ruling human history'; whereas the course of human affairs seems to be at random, beneath the surface is the 'narrative of grace and redemption, firmly written by the hidden hand of God'.[3]

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gollark: If you have milk, sell it on eBay or something to get rid of it.
gollark: Of course, the longer-term plan is to infiltrate Intel HQ and make processors execute MIR instead of unsafe machine code.
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See also

References
  1. Bruce 2014, Matthew 2:13-23.
  2. Long 1997, p. 20.
  3. Long 1997, p. 21.

Sources
  • Bruce, F.F. (2014). Matthew. Volume 1. BookBaby. ISBN 9781909680296.
  • Long, Thomas G. (1997). Matthew. Westminster Bible companion. Westminster John Knox Press. ISBN 9780664252571.

Further reading
Preceded by
Matthew 2:14		 Gospel of Matthew
Chapter 2		 Succeeded by
Matthew 2:16
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