FROM EGYPT TO NAZARETH

 After Herod’s death, suddenly the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother with you and go back to the land of Israel, for those who wanted to kill the child are dead.” (Exodus 4:19-20) Therefore, Joseph got up and, taking the child and his mother with him, went back to the land of Israel. However, when he learned that Archelaus [ c. 23 BC – c. 18 AD] had succeeded his father Herod as ruler of Judea he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the region of Galilee. There he settled in a town called Nazareth. In this way, the words spoken through the prophet were to be fulfilled, “He will be called a Nazorean.” (Isaiah 11:1, Judges 13:5-7)

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