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What did his parents do with him?
Matthew: They fled with him into Egypt ([ii, 13, 15]).
Luke: They remained with him in Palestine ([ii, 22–52]).
“All attempts to reconcile these two contradictory statements, seem only elaborate efforts of art.”—Dr. Schleiermacher.
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When unable to discover Jesus what did Herod do?
Matthew: “Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under” ([ii, 16]).