Luke 2:39 (KJV)
And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
Matthew chapter 2 provides at least a couple of years, probably more, to the account of the early years of Christ, Joseph, and Mary.
- They were visited by the wise men while in Bethlehem
- They stayed in Bethlehem until Jesus approached two years old
- They fled to Egypt to escape Herod’s slaughter of the children in Bethlehem
- They returned to Nazareth only after hearing of Herod’s death
The account in Luke seems to take them right from eight days old to Nazareth. I do not see any contradiction here. I see, instead, a different perspective. We get the fuller account by harmonizing all four Gospels, but we get to focus on different parts of the account when we limit to one or another of the gospels. They are each equally true. There is no error in studying one without adding what the others give to us.
Jesus was born in Bethlehem and raised in Nazareth.
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Luke 2:39 (KJV) No Contradiction Here
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