First Sunday after Christmas

Commentary on Matthew 2:13-23Commentary on Mt 2:13-23 Working Preacher

Reads Herod's slaughter of the innocents against the Exodus story, arguing the preacher's job is to name human responsibility for the violence rather than soften it, while following Joseph's four dreams as the thread that carries the holy family to Egypt and home again.

Matthew 2:13-23 CommentaryMt 2:13-23 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Reformed preaching-craft notes on the flight to Egypt that work through how to preach Herod's massacre honestly on a low-attendance Sunday without either sanitizing it or overwhelming the congregation.

What Happens After the Miracle? The Episcopal Church, Sermons That Work

Anglican preaching resource for this exact Christmas 1 date arguing that the flight to Egypt is what discipleship looks like after the manger's wonder fades into ordinary, dangerous life.

Matthew 2 Bible CommentaryMt 2 Bible Commentary Enduring Word (David Guzik)

Verse-by-verse evangelical study notes on the whole chapter, walking through the magi, the dreams, Herod's rage, and the geography of the family's route to Egypt and then Nazareth.

Matthew 2 ResourcesMt 2 Resources Precept Austin

A compiled index of classic and modern verse-by-verse commentaries on Matthew 2, letting a preacher cross-check several older scholars' readings of the flight to Egypt in one place.

Matthew 2:13 CommentariesMt 2:13 Commentaries BibleHub (classic commentaries)

Aggregates public-domain 19th- and early-20th-century commentaries (Ellicott, Pulpit, Cambridge Bible, etc.) verse by verse through the flight to Egypt.

Matthew 1-13Mt 1-13 BibleProject

Animated overview tracing Matthew's literary design across chapters 1-13, presenting Jesus as a new Moses who relives Israel's story, which is the frame Matthew 2 itself is building (Egypt, exile, return).

Matthew 2:13 InterlinearMt 2:13 Interlinear BibleHub (Interlinear)

Greek text with morphology and Strong's numbers for the verse where the angel warns Joseph, useful for word-level study of the flight command.

Catena on Matthew 2Catena on Mt 2 Catena Bible

Chain of patristic comments (Chrysostom, Jerome, and others) on the magi, the flight, and the return, showing how the early church read Herod's violence typologically against Pharaoh and Moses.

In Their Distress Journey with Jesus

Opens with the photo of Alan Kurdi, the Syrian toddler drowned as a refugee, to argue that Matthew 2:13-23 is fundamentally a refugee story and that the church's Christmas child was a displaced person before he was anything else.

LCMS Three-Year Series Prayers, First Sunday after Christmas files.lcms.org

Prayers of the Church dated Dec. 28, 2025, for First Sunday after Christmas, the week of the flight to Egypt.

Sermon Brainwave 331 - First Sunday of Christmas workingpreacher.org

Discusses Herod's threat and the flight into Egypt, Matthew 2:13-23, the Gospel for this Sunday.

The Flight into Egypt, Giovanni Andrea Ansaldo wga.hu

Depicts Joseph leading Mary and the child away from Herod's danger, Matthew 2:13-14.