The escape to Egypt Flashcards
What is Joseph told to do in his second prophetic dream?
Warned to leave Bethlehem and take his family to Egypt - a 40 mile trip to get out of the territory controlled by King Herod
How long do the family stay in Egypt?
Until King Herod’s death in 4 BCE
Why could Jesus not have been born in the year 1 CE according to Matthew’s gospel?
Because this would be after the death of Herod, meaning he must have been born around 6 or 7 BCE instead
State the third proof text
‘So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: ‘Out of Egypt I called my son’
How does the flight to Egypt mirror Genesis 37:36?
Because it is extremely similar to when Joseph was taken into Egypt?
What was the Sojourn?
The period where the twelve tribes of Israel stayed in Egypt, first as guests and then as slaves
What was the Exodus?
The process by which the Israelites were led to freedom by Moses
What does Matthew connect the flight to Egypt to?
A quote from the 8th century BCE prophet Hosea, a rough contemporary to Isaiah? (Hosea 11:1)
State Hosea 11:1
‘When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son’
Give the preterist analysis of Hosea 11:1
Hosea used ‘Israel’ to represent all Jews. Recalling the way God rescued Israel from Egypt by sending Moses. The ‘son’ Hosea is talking about is Israel itself
How does Matthew interpret Hosea 11:1?
Believes Hosea means the Son of God, which, in Matthew’s eyes, would be Jesus
