And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Ver. 15. And was there till the death of Herod] Which was a matter of two or three years at least a For Christ was born in 32 of Herod's reign, fled when he was about two years old, or soon after his birth (as others are of the opinion), and returned not till Herod was dead, after he had reigned seven and thirty years.
That it might be fulfilled that was spoken, &c.] When the Old Testament is cited in the New, it is not only by way of accommodation, but because it is the proper meaning of the places both in the type and in the truth.
a Epiphanius vult haec biennio post natum Christum conligisse.