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International Lesson for July 81. 1884,
The wight Into Egypt Matt 3s1S-sS.

Especially Arranged from Pcloubet's NotosJ
GOLDEN rExr--Thc Lord shall preserve thy
going out and thy coming in --Ps i2i;o
PLACE IN THE STORY This lesson follows
Immediately after the last Joseph and Mary
started tor Egypt probably within day after
the departure Of the wise men. This account 10
found only In Matthew.
TINE February. b c Z when Jesus was >
few weeks old
PLAcEs bethlehem. Of Jndea: Nazareth. In
Galec and Egypt probably the town OF
Matarech. few miles northeast Of Cairo near
Leontopolis
RULERS Augustus Caesar. emperor OF Rome.
twenty-third year: Herod the Great thirty
fourth and last year AS king OF Judea etc
Herod died April I. H. G. 4. and Herod Arch
claus, his son and successor first year
LESSON NOTES.
1. The Child Jesus in Dangcr.-V. 49,
And when they" the wise men from
the east. were Departed" Returning
home. but not by way of Jerusalem, rs
Hcrod had requested. The Divine di-
rcction and flight into Egypt must be
conceived as taking place Immediately
after the departure OF the magi-
Meyer. THE ANGEL Better. as in
Revised. an angel Of the Lord. The
coming of Christ was attended. rs we
should expect II 10 be, with super
natural events Whedon. 'Appeareth
to Joseph in dream" This means.
not that Joseph dreamed that an angel
appeared to him, but that an angel
actually presents himself to him in
sleep. PROF. Kendricl Take the
young child" Named first. as tho
most precious charge and the
most exposed to danger.-Cambridg
Bible. Flee into Egypt" See un-
der next verse. Until bring thee
word Everything was to he done
under Divine direction. and thus would
be done safely and successfully. 1t
was not necessary for Joseph to know
the times and seasons. but only that he
should commit his ways unto God, who
did know. For Herod will seek the
young child to destroy Him" To real
ize the danger. we must recall the hor-
ribly cruel and abominablc character
of IIcrod Deaths by strangulation.
deaths by burning. deaths by being
cleft asundcr. deaths by secret assas-
snation. confessions forced by unuttcr-
| able torture. acts Of insolent and in
human lust. mark the annals of a reign
which was so cruel that. in the ener-
getic language of the Jewish ambas-
sador to Emperor Augustus, the sur
vivors during his lifetime were even
more miserable than the sufferers
The Escape by Flight Ipto Egypt
Verses IL. Is. a. when he arose"
Note the prompt and wise obedience OF
one who fully trusted the Lord. He
took the young child X. by night"
Probably the same night. for (1) there
was great haste. They would not wait
in such danger. after such q warning.
| (2) 1t Is customary in the east, when
one has to make long journey, TO start
early in the morning, hours before day
break. 81 They could leave
thus suddenly and unexpectedly in the
night, without danger of Herod's dis
covering where they had gone, or even
the fact of their leaving. ''And de-
parted into Egypt" Egypt was almost
the only available place Of refuge. Its
advantages were: a. that It was far
enough away. being about three hum
dred miles from Jerusalem; (2) yet IL
was the nearest safe refuge, the road
to it taking them directly away from
Herod, and to the nearest borders Of
his kingdom. lie could have reached
|
and frequcnted roads led them through
the desert to their destination. ~
Egypt was wholly independent Of
Herod, although it was under the Ro-
man government 90 They would
find there large and liberal Jewish
community. under the protection of
civilized & government"
Is. Until the Death of Herod:" On
the first day Of the following April.
How long they remained after this 10
uncertain. THAT it might be fulfilled
which was spoken Of the Lord by the
prophet The expression would be
more literally rendered by the Lord
through the prophet. as in the Revised.
.Out of Egypt have | called My Som"
| The prophecy here cited Is found in
Hosea I'LL. 1t was originally written
Of Israel's exodus from the bondage in
Egypt, not as a prophecy. but AZ
historical fact that took place
many centuries before. and re-
counted there as a proof Of Gods
love to His son, Israel. The true
Israel, the ideal Israel who full
filed the purpose for which the nation
was selected and trained by God, was
the prototype. the representative Oh
Christ, as we see in Isaiah. So that
many things in the history Of Israel
have their parallel in Christ also, and
are applied to Him.
The Massacre Of the Innocents.-Vs.
1915 10. ''Wnen he saw that he was
mocked:" Made . fool Of Meyer.
outwitted (I.ange). WAS exceeding
wroth:" Angry beyond all bounds. in
. rage. "Slew all the children that
were in Bethlehem" All the boys. for
% tho original means. Hcrod's object
was to destroy the lately born King OF
the Jews; and hence he did not need
70 kill any but the male children.
Clarke. The population Of Bethlehem
could hardly have been more than two
thousand, and the number Of boys nm
der two years Of age in that number
would be between twenty and thirty.
1t was an act every way in harmony
with IIcrod's character. - Ellicott.
"And In all the coasts" |. g., borders,
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