‘But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying,'

This comment contains within it the idea of the inevitability of Herod's death. It was to be expected in view of what he had done. For death comes to all who sin. And immediately after it God sprang into action. The angel of the Lord again appears to Joseph, this time in a dream in Egypt. God was about to effectively call His Son out of Egypt, the next stage in His process of salvation.

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