15 (Rachel weeping for her children &c.).
Joseph and his wife meanwhile [Matt.

2.13-15.] with the Babe had fled to Egypt, for the Father resolved that He to whom He had given birth should not die before He had preached His word as a man.

There they stayed [Matt.

2.22] until Archelaus succeeded Herod, and then returned.
By process of nature He grew to the age of thirty years or [Luke 3.23.] more, _not comely of aspect_ (_as had been prophesied_), practising [Mark 6.3.] the trade of a carpenter, _making ploughs and yokes, emblems of righteousness_.

He remained hidden till John, the herald of his coming, came forward, the [Matt 17.12, 13.] spirit of Elias being in him, and [Matt.