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The visit of the magi
Magi from the east followed a star to Jerusalem asking where the king of the Jews had been born. Herod's scribes pointed them to Bethlehem from Micah's prophecy, and the magi found the child with Mary, worshiped Him, and gave gold, frankincense, and myrrh before slipping home by another road.
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The boy Jesus in the temple
When Jesus was twelve, His family went up to Jerusalem for the Passover. On the way home His parents realized He was missing and found Him three days later in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers. Asked why, He replied that He had to be in His Father's house.
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Herod the Great
Herod the Great was the Rome-appointed king of Judea at the time of Jesus' birth. Disturbed by the magi's question about a newborn king, he tried to use them to find the child, then ordered the killing of the boys of Bethlehem. He died soon after, and Joseph brought the family back from Egypt.
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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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Egypt
Egypt is the great kingdom on the Nile where Jacob's family settled, where Israel was enslaved for generations, and from which God brought them out at the exodus. Centuries later Joseph carried the infant Jesus there to escape Herod, and Matthew heard in the return the words of Hosea: out of Egypt I called my son.
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Promise and fulfillment
Promise and fulfillment is the pattern by which the New Testament reads the Old: God speaks in advance through prophets, patterns, and covenants, and the Gospels show those words coming true in Jesus. FaithGraph labels each such link by the kind of evidence behind it.
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Connections around The flight to Egypt
The visit of the magi precedes The flight to Egypt
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe angel's warning to Joseph comes after the magi have gone.
Evidence: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:Herod the Great participates in The flight to Egypt
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceHerod's search for the child causes the flight, and his death ends it.
Evidence:Jesus participates in The flight to Egypt
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe child is carried to Egypt and brought back to the land of Israel.
Evidence:Joseph of Nazareth participates in The flight to Egypt
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJoseph receives the warnings in dreams and leads the family to Egypt and back.
Evidence:Mary, mother of Jesus participates in The flight to Egypt
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceJoseph takes the child and His mother to Egypt.
Evidence:The flight to Egypt occurs at Egypt
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceThe family stays in Egypt until Herod's death.
Evidence:The flight to Egypt develops the theme Promise and fulfillment
Explicit in ScriptureHigh confidenceMatthew frames the flight, the killing of the boys, and the settlement in Nazareth with three fulfillment formulas.