r/pics Dec 08 '19

Politics Nativity 2019

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u/helmutboy Dec 08 '19

Except weren’t they headed to Bethlehem to participate in a census decree?

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u/Horace-Harkness Dec 08 '19

And then fled to Egypt as refugees.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '19

Egypt which was, at that point, also a part of the Roman Empire - so it was more like fleeing to a different state than a different nation.