Matthew 2:14 meaning and explanation
So he got up, took the Child and His mother by night, and withdrew to Egypt,
Matthew 2:14, Berean Standard Bible
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Joseph has just been warned in a dream that Herod intends to kill the Child, so he obeys at once, rising in the night and taking Jesus and Mary to Egypt. Matthew presents Joseph as a righteous man who acts on God's word without delay, echoing Israel's own journey to Egypt in the days of Jacob and Moses.
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