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To: MayflowerMadam
They weren’t actual refugees. They took a “business trip “ to Bethlehem to participate in the census as required. Then they went home.

I'm talking about when they had to flee to Egypt to escape King Herod. They were refugees then.

"Now when they [the Magi] 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.” And he rose and took the child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt, and 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.” (Matthew 2:13-15)

18 posted on 12/15/2025 4:17:25 PM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: fidelis

Oh, right. I was only thinking about their first trip.


20 posted on 12/15/2025 5:09:36 PM PST by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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