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Answer 1

While it is true that a "slaughter of the innocent" would have been recorded in the works of historians like Josephus had it been all across the region, but Herod knew the village where the purported rival was said to be born, Bethlehem. Demographic clues from first century Palestine reveal that Bethlehem was a small village, with a population between three hundred and a thousand. Experts estimate that, at any given time, the number of babies under the age of two would be only between seven and twenty. So numbers alone may be the reason why Josephus does not mention the murders.

Even further to this, Herod did things regularly of an awful and gruesome nature. He was not a nice man. So, in first century Palestine, in the midst of a hated Roman occupation, it is not surprising that such an event is not reported elsewhere.

This horrible deed done by Herod is recorded in Matthew:

Matthew 2:16-18

16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. What most don't realize is that by the time the Wise Men got to Herod to ask about Jesus he was nearly two years old. He had already been circumcised. The Wise Men found Christ living in a "house" with his parents...not a stable. We only use that nonsense about the Wise Men for Christmas. In Matthew, Herod checked with the wise men and priests of Israel to note when that new "ruler" had been born and so he ordered the slaughter of all children two years old and under. This also brings us to the wrong assumption that Christ was born the year that Herod the Great died in 4 BCE. Based on events with the children and his own flight to Egypt, Jesus would have to have been born at least 2 -3 or maybe more years earlier, so as to allow for his time in Egypt.

Each of the Gospel writers, told the story for different reasons and by different perspectives. Luke was a detail guy and he told all the story so his is the most chronilogical, but that is not a problem for Matthew's testimony. If most of you out there want to understand The Bible better, you must read critically with a history book by your side.

Answer 2

Matthew's Gospel tells us that Herod ordered all the babies under two years of age to be killed, because he feared that Jesus would become the king of the Jews in his stead. However, there is no evidence that the killings actually happened, and they were not mentioned by the Jewish historian Josephus, although he most certainly could be expected to have described this event if it really did happen.

Answer 3

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Matthew's Gospel , found in the Bible, says that Herod the Great ordered the baby boys ages two years old and younger to be killed, athough Bishop Spong says the story in Matthew does not contains any historical truth. There is no extra-biblical evidence that the king ordered baby boys to be killed.

Answer:

Matthew 2:16-18 (KJV) states, "Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not."

It also further states that Jesus, who was born in Bethlehem, fled the area until safe: Herod died.

A visitor to Israel in a guided tour in 2008 stated that one of the Churches had graves underground for babies and it was said they were from that time. She thought it was from the Church of the Nativity. Others writing about this make no mention of those grave sites and said there has been no other archaeological evidence of the mass killings of the male toddlers and that the only source from that time period is the book of Matthew and all other early Church reference to this is only based on Matthew.

Answer 4

The Gospel According to St Matthew says that King Herod ordered baby boys to be killed, for fear that one of them would grow up to usurp his throne. According to this Gospel, Jesus and his parents escaped to Egypt, returning only after Herod's death.
However, the Gospel According to St Luke seems to dispute this story. According to the author we know as Luke, Joseph and Mary waited in Bethlehem until it was time for Jesus to be circumcised, then took him to the Temple in the normal way, after which they returned peacefully to Nazareth.

Scholars can find no historical evidence for the "Slaughter of the Innocents" by King Herod, even though any such action would surely have been recorded by his many enemies among the Jews.

Some scholars see parallels between the infancy account in Matthew's Gospel and the Old Testament, with Joseph going to Egypt, just as Joseph had before him, and Herod killing the infant boys, just as the pharaoh had before him. They say that the author we know as Matthew was inspired by the Old Testament story.

Answer 5

He was afraid that one day, one of them will be the promised one and take over his throne.

Answer 6

it did not say a age just all new born baby boys

Answer 7

Yes but Herod ordered all newborns to die

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