7. Flight into Egypt

Name: ______________________________________ Date:_______________________

1. Flight into Egypt

After the Magi left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said to him: - Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; because Herod will search for the child to kill him. He, waking up, took the child and his mother, and left at night for Egypt. And he was there until the death of Herod, so that what had been said by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled: «Out of Egypt I called my son».

A.- Answer the questions:

1. The angel appeared in dreams - reality - person
2. The angel appeared to Mary - Herod - Joseph
3. The angel told him to flee to Rome - Egypt - Greece
4. He wanted to kill the children under one year - 2 years - 3 years - 4 years
5. Herod wanted to kill Joseph - Mary - Jesus

2. Return to Nazareth

When Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying: - Get up, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead. Joseph got up, took the child and his mother, and went to the land of Israel. But, hearing that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and being warned by God in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee, and went to live in a city called Nazareth, so that what was said by the prophets might be fulfilled: «He shall be called a Nazarene».

B.- Answer the questions:

1. The angel appeared to Joseph in Israel - Bethlehem - Egypt
2. Herod was already born - dead
3. The angel commanded him to go to the land of Egypt - Israel - Greece
4. Joseph went to live in Nazareth - Jerusalem - Bethlehem
5. Mary and Joseph went to the city of Nazareth - Egypt
6. Mary and Joseph obeyed - denied - questioned