While reading the first few sections of Matthew, I found it surprising that Herod would try to kill Jesus as an infant. Herod saw Jesus as a threat to his rule over Jerusalem, and thus ordered every child in Bethlehem born of the last two years to be killed. The three wise men that visited Jesus when he was born in Bethlehem were visited by an angel and were told to not report back to Herod and to return to their homes. Joseph was visited by an angel and was told to flee to Egypt until Herod passed. Reading through Matthew 3 and 4, it seems that Matthew is focused on the deeds and portraying Jesus as a role-model . Matthew writes in a way that highlights Jesus’s conviction and devotion to God is second to none.
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