Passage · New Testament
Matthew 2:15
Matt.2.15
Explore this passage in the graphand remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.” Read this passage at the publisher: Read in NIV · Read in ESV
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Matthew 2:15 quotes Hosea 11:1
Direct quotationHigh confidenceMatthew quotes Hosea's line about Israel's exodus and applies it to the child's return from Egypt. In Hosea the son is Israel; Matthew reads the Son as retracing Israel's story.
Evidence:Other responsible views
- Hosea speaks of Israel, not the Messiah: Hosea 11:1 refers to the nation's exodus. Matthew's use is widely understood as typological: Jesus relives Israel's history as the true Son. This reading does not deny Hosea's original sense.
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