2:13–15 ‘to fulfil’ Hosea 11:1, which is a reference to God having brought Israel, his son, out of Egypt, at the exodus. iv) The murder by Herod of the boys in Bethlehem: 2:16–18 ‘to fulfil’ Jeremiah 31:15, which is a lament for the Israelites who were going into exile. v) The settlement of Jesus’s family in Nazareth: 2:19–23 ‘to fulfil’ the prophets … ‘which is a bit of a puzzle, because there is no text which says exactly what Matthew records here. It seems to be a reflection of several possible
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