ISB ~ Matthew 2 v15

Out of Egypt:A quotation from Hos 11:1. Matthew anticipates its fulfillment in 2:21.

• Hosea 11:1 points back to the Exodus, where God’s “first-born son” (Ex 4:22), Israel, was delivered from slavery under the oppressive Pharaoh. Matthew sees this text also pointing forward, when Jesus, the eternal first-born Son (Rom 8:29), is delivered from the tyrant Herod and later brought out of Egypt (2:21) (CCC 530).