A message from Jesus of Nazareth, through James E Padgett, early in the 20th century, he wrote:
“I would like to confirm that all my four brothers and three sisters were born in Egypt and my family remained there for about ten years. While there, my father set up a successful trade as a carpenter and made our household a comfortable one, with all the conveniences available to workmen at that time. Our home in Egypt was in a considerable town called Heliopolis, not far from Cairo. We stayed with relatives who had welcomed us, and enabled us to make a start in the new country. With us was quite a community of Jewish people, for we congregated together for safety as well as for community life, with a place for worship, a place for cleansing of women and also an elementary school, mainly to teach the fundamentals of the Jewish religion and the ability to write and enhance our understanding of the Scriptures.
“For these reasons, my father hesitated to dismantle the home in which we lived and return to Palestine. He also hesitated because conditions in Judea continued to be unfavorable even after the death of Herod. The ruler Archelaus, who followed him, continued in his unhappy ways; much blood flowed in Judea, and there was great unrest. It was ten years after my birth that Archelaus, who had been demoted to Ethnarch of Judea, was deposed and sent off as an exile to Gaul. Even then, conditions did not improve much because of the hostility of the people toward their Roman overlords.
“My father and mother, after much hesitation, decided to break up their home and return to Nazareth. Mother was homesick for her people, and she pointed out that conditions in Galilee were better than in Judea. I was ten years old when our family moved to Nazareth. I made acquaintance with my cousin John, later known as the Baptist. The story of an angel coming to direct my father to return to Judea after the death of Herod is not true. I know this because my father has informed me the truth regarding this incident.”
All seekers of truth need to search with their own heart; it can be found if one sincerely wants to know, and if they accept that some information they had been given is not correct, and needs to be replaced with new, truthful information. Amen