Mary: The Queen of the House of David and Mother of Jesus The Story of Her Life
CHAPTER XXI.—THE QUEEN AND HER FAMILY IN EGYPT.
Father Adolphus and Miriamne converse of the Holy Family’s sojourn in Egypt—Heliopolis and the Temple of the Sun—Fire-worshipers—At Memphis, the shrine of Apis the sacred bull—The red heifer of Israel—The Holy Family rescued in Egypt by a robber who afterward died on the cross next to the Savior—The legend of a gipsy’s prophecy concerning Jesus—Zingarella won by the Virgin. Page 312