Matthew 2:13-15 Matthew 2:19-23 When they had gone, After Herod died, ! an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt. ! “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and said, “Get up and take the child and his mother ! and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, and go to the land of Israel, ! for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.” for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.”
Matthew 2:13-15 Matthew 2:19-23 So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night So he got up, took the child and his mother ! and left for Egypt, and went to the land of Israel… ! where he stayed until the death of Herod. and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth.
Exodus in Matthew Exodus 2:15, “ When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses…” ! Matthew 2:13, “…for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.”
Exodus in Matthew Exodus 4:19-20, Now the Lord had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you are dead.” So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey and started back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand. ! Matthew 2:20-21, “Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who were trying to take the child’s life are dead.” So he got up, took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.
X Opening statement Flight to Egypt (Matthew 2:13-15) Focal point Slaughter of the innocents (Matthew 2:16-18) Closing parallel statement Return from Egypt (Matthew 2:19-23)
Clues in Prophecy Matthew 2:15 “Out of Egypt, I will call my son.” Hosea 11:1
Clues in Prophecy Matthew 2:18 Thus says the Lord: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more. Jeremiah 31:15
Clues in Prophecy Jeremiah 31:16-17 ! Thus says the Lord: Keep your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for there is a reward for your work, ! says the Lord: they shall come back from the land of the enemy; there is hope for your future, ! says the Lord: your children shall come back to their own country.
Clues in Prophecy Matthew 2:23 “He will be called a Nazarene.” Nazor (Hebrew) - branch Isaiah 11:1-3 1 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. 3 His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He who escaped, returns to identify with his people, and to die so that they might live.
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