Birth & AdventScholarly Discussion
Flight to Egypt
Written: ~750 BC→Fulfilled: ~4 BC
Hosea's reference to Israel being called out of Egypt was also fulfilled typologically in Jesus's flight to and return from Egypt.
Prophecy & Fulfillment
Old Testament Prophecy
Hosea 11:1
"When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son."
New Testament Fulfillment
Matthew 2:15
"where he stayed until the death of Herod. And so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: "Out of Egypt I called my son.""
Commentary
Matthew sees Jesus as recapitulating Israel's history. Just as Israel (God's "son") came out of Egypt, so Jesus, the true Son of God, was called out of Egypt. This typological fulfillment is characteristic of Matthew's use of the Old Testament.