Map: Jesus in Egypt

According to the apocryphal Infancy Gospels, Baby Jesus was working miracles in Egypt long before his adult ministry began.

BY: Captions and photos by Paul Perry

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Matthew's gospel records that Mary, Joseph, and little Jesus fled to Egypt to escape Herod's massacre of the innocents. What happened next? According to the noncanonical 'Infancy Gospels,' the child Jesus performed many miracles in Egypt before returning to Palestine. Researching his book

Jesus in Egypt

, author Paul Perry traced the route of the Holy Family, talking to Coptic Christians and others about the legends.



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Jesus in Egypt

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Copyright 2003. All images, with the exception of El Arish and Sammanud, by Paul Perry. To learn more about Egyptian sites the Holy Family is said to have visited, see Perry's book Jesus in Egypt: Discovering the Secrets of Christ's Childhood Years.

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