Flight into Egypt

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The Flight into Egypt is a biblical event in which Joseph, Mary, and the infant Jesus flee to Egypt to escape King Herod’s massacre, a scene frequently depicted in Christian art and tradition.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Flight into Egypt canonical 12
Journey to Egypt 1
La fuite en Égypte 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Testament narrative
biblical event
subject in Christian art
associatedWith Holy Family
Nativity of Christ
surface form: Infancy of Jesus
biblicalBook Gospel of Matthew GENERATED
biblicalChapter Matthew 2 GENERATED
biblicalVerses Matthew 2:13–15 GENERATED
commemoratedIn Christian devotional tradition
Christian liturgy
commonSubjectOf Christian painting GENERATED
Christian sculpture
illuminated manuscripts
stained glass
depictedInWorkBy Caravaggio
Fra Angelico
Giotto GENERATED
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Rembrandt van Rijn
surface form: Rembrandt
describedIn Gospel of Matthew
destination Egypt
featuresCharacter Jesus Christ
surface form: Jesus

Joseph
Herod the Great
surface form: King Herod

Mary
followedBy Return from Egypt
fulfillsProphecy Hosea 11:1
hasCause King Herod’s persecution
Massacre of the Innocents
hasGenre infancy narrative
iconographicType Flight into Egypt self-linksurface differs
surface form: Journey to Egypt

Rest on the Flight into Egypt GENERATED
involves angelic warning to Joseph
languageOfPrimarySource Koine Greek GENERATED
motivatedBy divine warning in a dream
origin Bethlehem
partOf Gospels
surface form: Life of Jesus in the New Testament
quotedAs Out of Egypt I called my son
relatedEvent Adoration of the Magi
Massacre of the Innocents
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism

Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy

Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
scripturalStatus canonical narrative in the New Testament
theologicalTheme divine protection
exile and return
fulfillment of prophecy
timePeriod early 1st century

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Joseph associatedWith Flight into Egypt
Joseph tookPartIn Flight into Egypt
John Harbison notableWork Flight into Egypt
Flight into Egypt iconographicType Flight into Egypt self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Journey to Egypt
Gospel infancy narratives featureEvent Flight into Egypt
Holy Family associatedWithEvent Flight into Egypt
Milk Grotto associatedWithEvent Flight into Egypt
Joseph the Betrothed associatedWithEvent Flight into Egypt
Feast of the Holy Innocents associatedWith Flight into Egypt
this entity surface form: flight into Egypt
The Flight into Egypt (cantata) basedOn Flight into Egypt
Return from Egypt follows Flight into Egypt
L’Enfance du Christ hasPart Flight into Egypt
this entity surface form: La fuite en Égypte
L’Enfance du Christ subject Flight into Egypt
Childermas relatedToEvent Flight into Egypt
“Festum Sanctorum Innocentium” (Latin) relatedToEvent Flight into Egypt
subject surface form: Festum Sanctorum Innocentium