Return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth

thumb|The Return of the Holy Family from the Flight into Egypt by Jacob Jordaens, c. 1618–1620 The return of the family of Jesus to Nazareth, also known as the return from Egypt, appears in the reports of the early life of Jesus given in the canonical gospels. Both of the gospels which describe the nativity of Jesus agree that he was born in Bethlehem and then later moved with his family to live in Nazareth. The Gospel of Matthew describes how Joseph, Mary, and Jesus went to Egypt to escape from Herod the Great's slaughter of the baby boys in Bethlehem. Quotes about Old Testament And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:... Book of Isaiah 11:1 KJV. New Testament And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene. Gospel of Matthew 2:23 KJV. Others In Hebrew nazir, or nozeri, written with zain, meaning separate, holy, consecrate, crowned, religious, because Christ, as man, being separated from every other thing, was hypostatically and wholly united to the WORD. For the word nazar signifies to separate, to consecrate, to crown. Wherefore the religious, under the old law, who separated themselves from wine and from the world, and consecrated themselves to God, were called Nazarites. (See Numb. 6:2, seq.) But that Christ would be holy, and consecrated to God, all the prophets foretold, especially Daniel (9:24): “The Holy of Holies—i.e., Christ—shall be anointed.” (Vulgate) Thus, too, Samson, who was a type of Christ, was a Nazarite. (Judg. 13:7.) So, too, was Joseph. (Gen. 49:2) And as Joseph, after his imprisonment, was made lord of Egypt, so Christ, after His death, was made lord of the universe. So S. Ambrose and Ruperti. The great commentary of Cornelius à Lapide http://www.catholicapologetics.info/scripture/newtestament/Lapide.htm Cornelius a Lapide Cornelius Lapide Thomas Wimberly Mossman 1889 See also Genealogy of Jesus Lion of Judah Tree of Jesse External links Category:Episodes of the life of Jesus Category:Book of Isaiah