A: Hosea 11:1 was first used of the Israelite people. Matthew is using not only Hosea 11:1, but many other Old Testament verses to show that the life of Christ paralleled that of the Israelite people (except without the sin.) Matthew is writing to Jews well-versed in the Old Testament, and Matthew apparently is using what Jewish scholars of that time would recognize as Midrashic techniques.
J: Hos 11:1 ilitumiwa kwanza na Waisraeli. Mathayo hatumii Hos 11:1 tu bali pia aya nyingine za Agano la Kale kuonyesha kuwa maisha ya Kristo yalikuwa sambamba na yale ya Waisraeli (isipokuwa maisha yake hayakuwa na dhambi.) Mathayo anawaandikia Wayahudi ambao wanalifahamu sana Agano la Kale, na anaonyesha kutumia njia ambayo wanazuoni wa Kiyahudi wa wakati ule wangeitambua kuwa ni Midrashi (yaani njia ya kutafafanua Maandiko iliyotumiwa na yenye kuelezea mafundhisho ya kidini, kisheria na kimaadili kwa namna inayozidi maelezo halisi ya tukio husika).