he quotes the prophet hosea and said i took my son out of egypt. obviously hosea was talking about the exodus of egypt with moses. but no, matthew applies it to the baby jesus who was forced to flee king herod, but when things died down he came back to palestine and he is brought out of egypt. that's just one example. there's one story in the gospel of luke, second century, early second century possibly, which shows how this worked. it wasn't just a clever stunt. was something that was profoundly -- after the crucifixion, two disciples distraught, they thought jesus was going to -- the messiah in the died terrible death. leaving jerusalem and going to the village, and they are sad and distressed obviously, and a stranger approaches them and said you look awfully upset. is there anything i can do to help? i'm always relieved there's disciples were not sort of stiff upper lip brits who would have replied no, no, we're fine. that would've been a story. but they do, they make themselves vulnerable and they meet the strange and you laugh at them but the