Synopsis IV:12 – The Return from Egypt and the Settlement at Nazareth
KEY: What Luke Shares with Matthew, What Matthew Shares with Luke,
Italics in all of the above keys identify slight variation.
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Matthew 2:19-23 19 But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said, 20 "Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child's life are dead." 21 So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee, 23 and came and lived in a city called Nazareth. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: "He shall be called a Nazarene." NASU |
Luke 2:39 39 When they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth. NASU |
**As with much of the birth narratives, there is not much identical wording or phrasing between Matthew and Luke. There is apparently a great bit of difference in details presented between the two. For some, this seems to be evidence of contradiction, but others do not believe that the difference in details contradict - they are just different details that can be harmonized.**
END Posted: 11/19/02
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