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42 THE FOUR GOSPELS. Him, and opening their treasures, they offered Him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

12. And having received an answer in sleep, that they should not return to Herod, they went back another way into their own country.

13. And after they were departed, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in sleep to Joseph, saying: Arise, and take the child and His mother, and flee into Egypt: and be there until I tell thee, for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy Him.

14. And he arose, and took the child and His mother by night, and he retired into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod.

15. That what the Lord spoke by the prophet might be fulfilled: “Out of Egypt have I called My Son.”

¹ St. Chrysostom believes that, under the illumination of the Holy Ghost, they gave Him divine honore. Pa. lxxi. 10. Gold was a tribute to royalty frankincense, as the meet emblem of prayer, was burnt on the altars to God: myrrh was used in embalming the bodies of the dead. The fathers teach that their gifts shadowed forth His divinity and sufferings, as also His royalty. See Irenaeus 1. iii. c. x. Origen. 1. i. contra Celsum. appear that they prayed for divine direction, not having doubted of the sincerity of Herod. brought to Jerusalem to be presented in the temple. In a dream. God manifeste His will as He pleases, and gives His servants full evidence of His manifestations. This took place probably as Joseph, after the presentation, was on his way to Nazareth. It was likely that inquiries might be made concerning the infant born at Bethle- hem, which might lead to his discovery elsewhere. 1 It was only a few days' journey to Alexandria, where the Jews were numerous, and where there was a synagogue. • Remain. him; and I called my son out of Egypt," ch. xi. 1. Its direct and lite- ral meaning is obviously the deliverance of the Israelites from the Egyp- tian captivity. The Jews were taught to consider the Messiah as fore- Digitized by Google
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 * It may be rendered "and being divinely admonished." It does not
 * It is probable that immediately after their departure the child was
 * The text is from the prophet Osee: "Israel was a child, and I loved