Jesus was born 6-5 BC. Thread Status: Not open for further replies. Oct 5, 2007 #1. the_Abbot Veteran. Egypt was about 350 miles. I personally think it was four years. How long was Jesus in Egypt? Upon arriving in Egypt, the Holy Family moved locations very frequently so as to avoid the reach of Herod’s spies. Bible chronology places Jesus' birth in the fall of 2 B.C.E.

All thre of them returned to Nazareth soon after the death of king Herod. We teamed up with Faith … So depending on when Jesus was born, the journey to Egypt lasted no more than two years, and perhaps as little as a few weeks or months. In the Gospel of the Infancy it is stated at three years; in the History of Joseph at one year; in Tatian's Harmony at seven years ; by Epiphanius at two years.
The time that many scholars think Jesus was in Egypt was from one to even six years. Main article: Biblical Egypt The Book of Genesis and Book of Exodus describe a period of Hebrew servitude in ancient Egypt, during decades of sojourn in Egypt, the escape of well over a million Israelites from the Delta, and the three-month journey through the wilderness to Sinai. The children of Israel fled from Egypt and were traveling pilgrims for forty years … The Flight into Egypt was a popular subject in art, showing Mary with the baby on a donkey, led by Joseph, borrowing the older iconography of the rare Byzantine Journey to Bethlehem. When Did Jesus Go to Egypt? It was longer than forty days is all that can be said.

Most people familiar with the few details given in Scripture about the early life of Jesus are aware of the fact that following the visit from the wise men, Matthew indicates that Joseph and Mary took Jesus and fled to Egypt at the command of God (Matthew 2:13-14). How many miles they covered in a day would determine how long a trip would take. I dont know if there is any record or tradition about this but if there is, how old was Jesus when he left Egypt? Discussion in 'The Ancient Way - Eastern Orthodox' started by the_Abbot, Oct 5, 2007. The time of the sojourn in Egypt was not probably of long duration, although extended by some of the early writers to several years. In modern times those who put … According to Albert Barnes’ commentary on the book of Matthew, King Herod the Great died in his 37th year of reign. The bible does not say exactly how long. A likely date is 6 BC, based on the timing of the universal census which we know was called for by Augustus Caesar. The best chronologers have supposed that Herod died somewhere between two and four years after the birth of Christ, but the particular time cannot now be determined; nor can it be ascertained at what age Jesus was taken into Egypt. The last initiation of Jesus in the temple of Heliopolis took place in the purple room, and Jesus himself was dressed in purple long robe of a Samnyasin, the Master of Mind and there the Holy Spirit came down onto his head in the form of a Dove, when the priest touched his forehead with a crystal diamond! We do not no how long He stayed in Bethlehem before fleeing to Egypt.