Herod was a King, and he saw Jesus as a threat to his throne. When kings see a threat to their thrones, they have the threat removed. Most kings are tyrants who do not want to share power. There can be only one king per kingdom, and Herod wanted to remain the only king in the kingdom. He was a wicked, evil king.
Yes. According to Matthew's Gospel, Mary and Joseph fled with Jesus from Bethlehem to Egypt after the birth of Jesus, so that Herod would not harm him. Herod was so anxious to have Jesus killed that he ordered the death of all infants under two years old. Some scholars suggest that Matthew wrote this story to draw parallels between Jesus and Moses.
Because he was the promised messiah to the Jews and gentiles all alike...............
AnswerKing Herod had been appointed King of Judah by the Romans: he was not a Jew- he was an "Idumean", (also known as Edomites, historical enemies of the Jews)....Meanwhile, Octavian and Mark Antony had defeated Brutus and Cassius (at Philippi, in 42). Herod managed to convince Mark Antony, who made a tour through the eastern provinces that had supported Caesar's murderers, that his father had been forced to support their side. The Roman leader was convinced, and awarded Herod with the title of tetrarch of Galilee, a title that was commonly used for the leaders of parts of vassal kingdoms. (Herod's brother Phasael was to be tetrarch of Jerusalem; Hyrcanus remained the Jewish national leader in name only.)
This appointment caused a lot of resentment among the Jews. After all, Herod was not a Jew. He was the son of a man from Idumea; and although Antipater had been a pious man who had worshipped the Jewish God sincerely, the Jews had always looked down upon the Idumeans as racially impure. Worse, Herod had an Arabian mother, and it was commonly held that one could only be a Jew when one was born from a Jewish mother. ...
(From article "King Herod the Great" at http://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodians/herod_the_great01.HTML )
Remembering that the "wise men from the East" had come all the way from Persia (which was at war with Rome at the time and by chance Herod just happened to have no Roman Legions in Jerusalem at the time to protect himself) , and Herod had been appointed king, just imagine how Herod would have felt when they told him they were looking for "the one who [WA]s born king of the Jews" :-
Matthew 2:1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem 2 saying, "Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose1 and have come to worship him." 3 When King Herod heard this he was alarmed,and all Jerusalem with him.
King Herod being "alarmed" would have been an understatement: he was terrified of losing the throne he had gained through political machinations in favour of the rightful heir, and his answer to problems was to kill them. History agrees that Herod was paranoid at the best of times, and this would have sent him over the edge
King Herod wanted Jesus killed because the three wisemen came to his palace and demanded to kn ow where is he born king of the Jews. The three wisemen thought he would be a king and be born in a palace and never thought he would be born in a manger. Herod did not want any king in his place.
Herod the Great is the Herod that tried to kill Jesus by sending men to Bethelhem to kill all the babies 2 years and younger. Herod the great had 7 sons by 5 wives.
Antipater, Alexander, Aristobulus, Herod Philip I, Herod Archaelaus, Herod Antipas, and Herod Philip II.
no he tricked them by saying he wanted to worship him too
The Wise men told king Herod that the messiah would take over him and that the messiah is a child. Jesus was hiding because he was the messiah and did not want to get killed by king Herod.
Herod didn't want a king to rank higher than him; he wanted no competition.
Herod, like his father, was an evil man, jealous of his position and viewed Jesus as the prophisied of King and perceived Jesus therefore as a threat. Though professing to be religious Herod had closer ties with Godless Rome than his subjects. Pilate did not want to kill Jesus, in fact he gave the Jews an option to not so do. The Jews rejected that option, preferring a seditioness, murderer and thief be release to them and Jesus be crucified. Pilate stated he found no fault with Jesus but to please the Jews he released Jesus to them to be crucified.
When peole wanted Jesus to be King after the Fish and loaves story, Jesus retreated up the side of the mountain to get away. He did not want to upset Herod as much as he already had. Jesus walked up the mountain and said to his disciples to dismiss the people from the deserted place where they were staying.
In Matthew Ch.2 v 2-3 we read "Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him." No other king was going to take over his thrown, and so he ordered all children under the age of two years be killed in the hope that Jeus would be one of them.
In Matthew 2:13-23, Joseph is told in a dream to go to Egypt because King Herod wanted to kill him. If you recall the story of the Magi, they were originally sent by Herod as well, but they avoided him instead of telling him where Jesus was. Herod was jealous that there would be another king rising up among the people, which is why he wanted Jesus dead. So Joseph moved to Egypt to protect his family.
King Herod mainly wanted to know from the wise men where it was that the king of the Jews would be born.So that he could kill the child.
they thought that's what Jesus meant when He told them that he was King of Kings and Lord of Lords....they thought He meant He was an earthly king, but Jesus was talking about being a Heavenly king
they killed hom because he is our savor and they did not want to hear that they are wrong. they killed hom because he is our savor and they did not want to hear that they are wrong.
According to Luke - nothing. The Gospel According to St Luke says that a few days after Jesus was born, Joseph and Mary took their son from Bethlehem to Jerusalem, then returned home peacefully to Galilee. There was no mention of Herod showing any interest in Jesus. According to Matthew - also nothing. The Gospel According to St Matthew says that Herod sought to have Jesus killed, but the family fled from Bethlehem to Egypt and remained there until after the death of Herod. The Gospel says that Herod killed all the infants in and around Bethlehem who were under two years old - the "Slaughter of the Innocents". We should expect that someone would have recorded the "Slaughter of the Innocents", if it really occurred, but there is no such record.
because they were jealous of him and he called himself king of the jews so the king did not want another king
because they want many tigers in the group.