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The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents is a biblical story recounted in the Nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children who are two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem. "Most New Testament scholars do not regard the stories of the ...
Dec 26, 2012 · On Dec. 28, the Church commemorates the slaughter of the holy innocents. These are the baby boys in Bethlehem that Herod the Great had slaughtered in an attempt to kill the Baby Jesus.
Massacre of the Innocents - Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death.
Sep 18, 2009 · In the massacre of newborn babies of Bethlehem found in the Nativity story, King Herod is portrayed as a tyrant prepared to kill infants who could eventually challenge him.
Feast of the Holy Innocents, Christian feast in remembrance of the massacre of young children in Bethlehem by King Herod the Great in his attempt to kill the infant Jesus (Matthew 2:16–18). The feast is observed by Western churches on December 28 and in the Eastern churches on December 29.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
INNOCENTS, MASSACRE OF THE. This is the conventional name given to the slaughter by Herod of children two years old and under in Bethlehem at the time of the birth of Christ (Matt 2:16-18).
The anguish of the mothers in the kingdom of Judah after the Babylonians conquered it in the 6th century BC and had killed or carried off their children into exile in Babylon, as well as the anguish of the mothers in Bethlehem when Herod slaughtered their sons six centuries later.
