The Daily Audio Bible

An Angel Tells Joseph To Flee From Herod To Egypt, Fulfilling Hosea

¹³ And they having gone away, behold— an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream saying, “Having arisen, take the Child and His mother and flee into Egypt, and be there until I tell you. For Herod is about to seek-for the Child that he might destroy Him”. ¹⁴ And the one, having arisen, took the Child and His mother by night and withdrew into Egypt, ¹⁵ and was there until the end^[a] of Herod— in order that the thing might be fulfilled having been spoken by the Lord through the prophet saying “I called My Son out of Egypt” [Hos 11:1].

Herod Kills The Boys In Bethlehem, Bringing Another Fulfillment of Jeremiah

¹⁶ Then Herod, having seen that he was tricked^[b] by the magi, became very furious. And having sent-out men, he killed all^[c] the boys— the ones in Bethlehem and in all its districts from two years old and under— in accordance with the time which he learned-accurately from the magi. ¹⁷ Then the thing was fulfilled having been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet saying ¹⁸ “A voice was heard in Ramah^[d], weeping and great mourning— Rachel weeping-for her children. And she was not willing to be comforted, because they are no more” [Jeremiah 31:15].

After Herod Dies, Joseph Returns To Israel And Settles In Nazareth

¹⁹ And Herod having come-to-an-end^[e], behold— an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream in Egypt ²⁰ saying, “Having arisen, take the Child and His mother and proceed into the land of Israel. For the ones seeking the life of the Child are dead”. ²¹ And the one, having arisen, took the Child and His mother and entered into the land of Israel. ²² But having heard that Archelaus^[f] was king of Judea in place of his father Herod, he feared to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew into the regions of Galilee. ²³ And having come, he dwelled in a city being called Nazareth— so that the thing having been spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, because^[g] He will be called a Nazarene.

In Fulfillment of Isaiah, John The Baptist Prepares The Nation For The Messiah

3 Now during those days John the Baptist comes^[h], proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea ² and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn-near”. ³ For this one is the one having been spoken of through Isaiah the prophet saying [in Isa 40:3], “A voice of one shouting in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, be making His paths straight’”. ⁴ Now John himself was having^[i] his clothing [made] of camel’s hair, and a belt made-of-leather around his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ At that time Jerusalem and all Judea and all the surrounding-region of the Jordan was going out to him. ⁶ And they were being baptized in the Jordan River by him while confessing-out^[j] their sins.