The Triumph of the Innocents by William Holman Hunt
The Flight into Egypt by Vittore Carpaccio
Flight Into Egypt by Henry Ossawa Tanner
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The Flight to Egypt

Matthew 2:13–15

Works of art by William Holman Hunt, Vittore Carpaccio, and Henry Ossawa Tanner
Commentaries by Ian Boxall

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Matthew 2:13–15

Bible passage (Revised Standard Version)

13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.” 14And he rose and took the child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt, 15and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt have I called my son.”