As we discussed Jesus'childhood we wondered why Joseph and Mary stayed in Bethlehem and didn't go back to Nazareth. A logical reason, which I have seen acted out in my own time, is that Joseph and his family were from Bethlehem and, given that they just had a new child, perhaps they wanted to be near family. We also discussed how long they stayed in Bethlehem and Egypt. It is thought that Jesus was born around 6-4 BC and It is recognized that he was less than two when they fled to Egypt, given Herod's order to kill all the boys in Bethlehem under two years old and, given that Herod died around 4-1 BC, Jesus would have lived in Egypt about 2-3 years after which they returned home.
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