“When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. When he called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to ...

The Magi likely assumed that the newborn King would be related to the current king, so Herod’s surprise may have confused them. And Herod seems more than surprised; he seems threatened and agitated.

(THE CONVERSATION) King Herod will sound familiar to anyone who’s heard the Christmas story. King of Judea when Jesus of Nazareth was born, the ruler attempts to find and kill the baby after ...

The Magi are warned in a dream not to return to Herod. They obey the dream — disobeying the king. Three people are immensely helped: Joseph, Mary and the child.

King Herod was troubled, and the people were troubled with him. It doesn’t say why, not exactly. ... The journey of the Magi, the star, the light, the gifts for baby Jesus, ...

“Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem…” (Matt. 2:1) We have changed our commenting system. If you do ...

The Magi are a reminder that "earthly rulers rise and fall, but our true king, Christ himself, transcends above this worldly realm," said Pastor Miles. (Getty Images) ...

The Gospels depict many of these interfaith connections. The first is here in the second chapter of Matthew, as the Magi—usually thought to be Babylonian or Persian astrologers, perhaps of the ...

To historians, King Herod the Great of Judea is best known for his large-scale building projects throughout Judea. To most Christians, he is remembered only for his “massacre of the innocents ...

Herod the Great, King of Judea, felt threatened when the Magi—wise men from the East—arrived in Jerusalem asking, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews?

While Caruso doesn’t specify which Ridley Scott movie set was used, we can guess that it was one of the Scott films that, like Mary, was shot in Morocco. Those films include the 2000 Gladiator ...

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