flight into Egypt
Joseph's family fled
The flight into Egypt is the biblical episode in which Joseph, warned by an angel of Herod's plan to kill the infant Jesus, flees with Mary and the child to Egypt.
The story appears in the Gospel of Matthew and has been a major subject in Christian art for centuries.
Figuratively, any hasty escape from danger to a place of refuge: Their midnight departure was a flight into Egypt.
- holy familySpiritually consecrated domestic unit
- Virgin MaryMother of Christ
- MaryCommon feminine name
- JosephCommon masculine given name
- baby JesusNewborn in the manger
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flight into Egyptpilgrimage
Religious journey to shrine
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