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The flight to Egypt
Warned in a dream, Joseph took the child and His mother to Egypt by night. Herod, enraged at the magi, had every boy in Bethlehem two years old and under killed. After Herod's death Joseph brought the family back to the land of Israel and settled in Nazareth in Galilee.
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The baptism of Jesus
Jesus was baptized by John in the Jordan River. As He came up from the water the Spirit descended on Him like a dove and a voice from heaven declared Him the beloved Son. This marks the public beginning of His ministry.
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Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth is the center of the Christian faith and of FaithGraph. The Gospels present Him as the promised Messiah of Israel, the eternal Word made flesh, who taught, healed, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, rose bodily on the third day, and commissioned His followers to carry the good news to all nations.
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Joseph of Nazareth
Joseph was a descendant of David who was betrothed to Mary. Matthew describes him as a righteous man who, guided by dreams, took Mary as his wife, named the child Jesus, and protected the family by fleeing to Egypt and later settling in Nazareth.
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Mary, mother of Jesus
Mary was a young woman of Nazareth, betrothed to Joseph, who received the angel Gabriel's announcement that she would conceive a son by the Holy Spirit and name Him Jesus. Luke records her consent and her song of praise; John places her at the cross.
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem is the city David made his capital and where Solomon built the temple. In the Gospels it is where Jesus taught in the temple, shared the Last Supper, was tried, crucified, and rose, and where the church was born at Pentecost.
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The temple in Jerusalem
The temple in Jerusalem was the house of God at the center of Israel's worship, rebuilt after the exile and greatly enlarged by Herod the Great. Jesus was presented there as an infant, taught in its courts, drove out the traders, foretold its destruction, and was accused at His trial of threatening it.
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Passover
Passover is the yearly feast that remembers the night God struck Egypt and passed over the houses marked with a lamb's blood, then brought Israel out of slavery. The lamb without blemish, the blood on the doorframe, and the meal eaten in haste became Israel's founding memory. Jesus chose Passover for His last supper and died at Passover, and the New Testament calls Him our Passover lamb.
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Connections around The boy Jesus in the temple
The flight to Egypt precedes The boy Jesus in the temple
Historical inferenceHigh confidenceThe temple visit takes place when Jesus is twelve, after the family has settled in Nazareth.
Evidence:The boy Jesus in the temple precedes The baptism of Jesus
Historical inferenceHigh confidenceLuke moves from the boy of twelve to the man of about thirty who comes to John for baptism.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The boy Jesus in the temple
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe twelve-year-old Jesus stays behind in the temple courts among the teachers.
Evidence:Joseph of Nazareth participates in The boy Jesus in the temple
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceLuke says His parents went up for the feast and searched for Him together.
Evidence:Mary, mother of Jesus participates in The boy Jesus in the temple
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceMary questions Jesus and afterward treasures these things in her heart.
The boy Jesus in the temple occurs at Jerusalem
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe family goes up to Jerusalem for Passover and the boy stays behind in the city.
Evidence:The boy Jesus in the temple occurs at The temple in Jerusalem
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJesus is found in the temple courts and calls it His Father's house.
The boy Jesus in the temple develops the theme Passover
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe visit is a Passover pilgrimage, the feast at which Jesus will later die.
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