Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Matthew 2:12
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12. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed--or, "withdrew."
to their own country another way--What a surprise would this vision be to the sages, just as they were preparing to carry the glad news of what they had seen to the pious king! But the Lord knew the bloody old tyrant better than to let him see their face again.
Mt 2:13-23. The Flight into Egypt--The Massacre at Bethlehem--The Return of Joseph and Mary with the Babe, after Herod's Death, and Their Settlement at Nazareth. ( = Lu 2:39).
The Flight into Egypt (Mt 2:13-15).
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