Sir,-"Ergo-Naught" is far from the mark when he maintains that only Bethlehem was in the danger zone, for Matthew says Bethlehem and all the coasts thereof. Then Rama must be included, otherwise the prophesy was not fulfilled, and the talk of Rachel weeping for her children would only be fiction. Evidently the danger was sO widespread that the Angel Gabriel warned Joseph-to take Mary and Jesus and flee into Egypt, and Joseph did so secretly by night. If only Bethlehem was concerned why go to Egypt? In all the circumstances young John could not be very safe as his parents lived in the Same part of the country as Bethlehem.
and the risk was very great, seeing that they had no special warning. Now the question arises: Was there ever any such massacre by Herod? The answer is No, History is emphatic that Herod died in 4 B.C., therefore he could not have been concerned in the killing of childrep four years later. If we turn to Luke’s story we find that after the days of Mary’s purification in Bethlehem, Joseph and Mary took the child Jesus direct to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord, everything quite open, no*midnight journeys. Then when they had performed all things according to the law, they returned into Galilee to their own city Nazareth. Now it is very evident that they could not be in Egypt and Jerusalem at the same time, and so somebody its making a big mistake.
ARGOSY
(Te Awamutu).
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19471121.2.14.4
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 439, 21 November 1947, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
250Untitled New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 439, 21 November 1947, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in