Between this verse and the last come the events narrated by St Matthew only namely the Visit of the Magi; the Flight into Egypt; and the massacre of the Innocents. It is difficult to believe that either of the Evangelists had seen the narrative of the other, because the primâ facie inference from either singly would be imperfectly correct. They supplementeach other, because they each narrate the truth, though probably neither of them was aware of allthat has been delivered to us.

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