[–] ding0bait 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
And while the bible doesn't make comment on Mary or Joesph's citizenship status, but we do know they were not slaves. As non-slaves they were freemen. Either could have inherited citizenship from a parent.
What's more, the fact the jews did not kill Jesus, and Jesus was tried before Pilate, suggests Jesus held Roman citizenship. Otherwise the account of Jesus before the Sanhedrin makes no sense. Given the earliest gospels were for jews to jews, it would make good to downplay the jewish role in the death of Jesus.
But, in the end, Egypt was like moving to another State, or Province. Still part of Rome.
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[–] ding0bait ago (edited ago)
Jesus was not executed as a member of the riff-raff, as a slave who committed a crime against his owner, as a lowly criminal from the lower classes. He was executed for calling himself King of the Jews. Craig Evans agrees with that. Virtually everyone agrees with that. Jesus was killed on a political charge. By calling himself king – in Roman eyes (whether this is what he personally meant or not) – he was making a political claim, that he was going to replace the Roman governance of Judea with a kingdom in which he himself would be king. This could happen (in Roman eyes) only if there was a rebellion. Rebellions have to be suppressed – and if you’re Roman, they have to be suppressed violently, forcefully, mercilessly. If you think you are going to replace the Roman ruler, if you think you can start an insurrection against the state, if you think you can take our power away and exert your own power, well, we’ll SHOW you how much power you have.
source https://ehrmanblog.org/why-romans-crucified-people/
So let's recap the last few days before Jesus was killed:
Clearly Jesus was executed for political reasons. Any citizen Rome, especially a "JEW" who rejected, or plotted against Rome, would die in this way. There could be no other way. Rome had to make a statement. They had to let the Jewish population understand there was only Rome.
[–] ding0bait 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
It was part of the Roman Empire. A province of Rome. Anyone born to the Roman Empire a freeman, or a citizen, could have traveled the Empire.
It's like England at it's height. An Englishman could travel the world and still stand on English soil, held by the Crown.
What's more they probably traveled on Roman roads, guarded by Roman soldiers, built and funded by Roman taxes. In short, it was all Rome. Egypt existed to feed Rome. It was Rome's granary.