Tag: Gospel of Matthew

  • John 8 and the Birth of Jesus

    Fol­low­ing are some obser­va­tions on the curi­ous account of the birth of Jesus which a care­ful study of the Gospels reveal : In John 8:31 ff., there is a debate between Jesus and the Jews about their descent from Abra­ham, who is char­ac­ter­ized as their father. In verse 39, Jesus calls into ques­tion the legit­i­ma­cy of their birth…

  • Did Jesus, Mary and Joseph go to Egypt or to Nazareth ?

    Did Jesus, Mary and Joseph go to Egypt or to Nazareth ?

    In Matthew 2:14, we are told that Joseph took Mary and Jesus to Egypt : ​“When he arose, he took the young child and his moth­er by night, and depart­ed into Egypt.”  Yet in Luke 2:39, they went to Nazareth after Jesus’ birth : ​“And when they had per­formed all things accord­ing to the law of the Lord, they…