Herod
King Herod lived in Judea at the time of Jesus' birth.
Jesus was raised Jewish.
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King Herod
Because the birth of Jesus is not a Jewish holiday, it came much later and the Jewish faith is still waiting for a messiah.
The most practiced religion in Bethlehem at the time of Jesus' birth was Judaism. Bethlehem was a primarily Jewish town and part of the region of Judea, where Jewish religious practices and beliefs were prevalent. Jesus himself was born into a Jewish family and would have been raised in accordance with Jewish customs.
The infant Jesus was given gold as a symbol of his kingship- not actual material kingship, but as King of Heaven and spiritual royalty. The gold was used by his parents to bribe the Egyptian border guards when they fled into Egypt to escape the tryanny of Jewish king Herod III.
There is no such thing as "Jewish Christmas". As Jesus plays no role whatsoever in Judaism, there is no Jewish holiday celebrating his birth.
Matthew's Gospel tells us that when King Herod of Palestine heard of Jesus' birth, he declared that all Jewish boys under the age of two years old to be killed. Jesus' estimated time of birth was approximately 4 B.C., so this order was likely carried out up to a year after Jesus' birth.
He said he was the King of all the Jews.
Yes, After all he was the king of the jews
King Herod had heard that another King was born; and since there could only be one king he though Jesus had come to depose him. So he wanted to kill Jesus before Jesus could take the kingdom away from him.