Return from Egypt

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Return from Egypt is a New Testament episode in which the Holy Family comes back from Egypt to the land of Israel after the death of King Herod, marking the end of their exile.

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Return from Egypt canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Testament episode
biblical event
episode in the life of Jesus
biblicalCitation Matthew 2:19–23
category Christian biblical exegesis topics
Events in the life of Jesus
New Testament
surface form: New Testament narratives
chronologicalContext early childhood of Jesus
depictedIn Christian art
Christian iconography
describedIn Gospel of Matthew
follows Flight into Egypt
Massacre of the Innocents
fulfillsProphecy "Out of Egypt I called my son"
guidedBy angelic dream to Joseph
hasKeyFigure Herod the Great
hasMainSubject Holy Family
hasMotive obedience to divine command
safety of the child Jesus
hasParticipant Jesus Christ
surface form: Jesus

Joseph
Mary
hasTheme divine protection
end of exile
fulfillment of prophecy
languageOfPrimarySource Koine Greek
locationFrom Egypt
locationTo Galilee
Nazareth
Eretz HaKodesh
surface form: land of Israel
partOf Gospel of Matthew
surface form: Gospel of Matthew narrative

Nativity of Christ
surface form: Infancy of Jesus
precedes Jesus’ Galilean ministry
surface form: Life of Jesus in Nazareth
propheticSource Hosea 11:1
religiousTradition Christianity
timeAfter death of Herod the Great
triggeredBy death of King Herod

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Flight into Egypt followedBy Return from Egypt