Luke 2:39 NKJV - "So when they had performed all
things according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to
their own city, Nazareth."
Matthew 2:14-15 NKJV -
"When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed
for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out
of Egypt I called My Son."
Answer:
Herod wanted to kill infant Jesus but he did not know
where the infant is born. Herod knew that the searching is very difficult, so
he sent the wise men to Bethlehem as mentioned in Matthew 2: 8, “Go and search diligently for the young
child, and when you have found Him, bring back word to me, that I may come and
worship Him also”. In those days,
there were no proper roads, and vehicles. The light of the Lord was illuminated
before them and showed the way to the wise men. So, they could reach the place
easily in which the child was born, but it was impossible for ordinary human
beings. The shepherd also could find the infant Jesus according to the
information of angel in Matthew 2:9. Herod waited for the wise men many days;
but the days and weeks were gone, there was no shadow of them. So, Matthew
2:16, “Then Herod, when he saw that he
was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry”.
Luke 2:21, “And when eight days were completed for the
circumcision of the child, His name was called JESUS, the name given by the
angel before He was conceived in the womb”. Luke 2:39 “So when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord,
they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth”. All these were
performed on eighth day according to the law of the Lord.
Herod, who waited for the
wise men, sent forth and put to death all the male children, who were in
Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to
the time which he had determined from the wise men.
As in Isaiah 66:18 and Hebrew 4:12, the Lord God, who
knew their works and their thoughts well before, consecrated the child in the
temple according to the law of covenant on eighth day. Thereafter, the Lord
sent the son of God to Egypt safely as in Mat 2:14, 15. So there is a long time
gap between these incidents and the both the verses quoted in this question are
correct.
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