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The Massacre (or Slaughter) of the Innocents is a 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. [2]
The verse is a quotation from Jeremiah 31:15.This is the first of three times Matthew quotes Jeremiah, the others being Matthew 16:14 and Matthew 24:9. [1] The verse is similar to the Masoretic, but is not an exact copy implying that it could be a direct translation from the Hebrew.
German theologian Heinrich Meyer suggests that Jesus' challenge to his disciples is to "turn round upon [the] road, and to acquire a moral disposition similar to the nature of little children". [3] Christ blessing the Children by Lucas Cranach the Younger. The Kingdom of Heaven is compared to little children at other places in the New Testament:
Jesus heard him and told Jairus: 'Don't be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.' Having entered Jairus' house, Jesus didn't let anyone go in with him except Peter, James, John and the parents. Jesus raises daughter: Matthew 9:23–26 Jesus entered synagogue leader's house and saw a noisy, flute-playing crowd. Jesus: 'Go away.
Catholic and Orthodox Christians have their own set of children's prayers, often invoking Mary, Mother of Jesus, angels, or the saints, and including a remembrance of the dead. Some adult prayers are equally popular with children, such as the Golden Rule ( Luke 6:31 , Matthew 7:12 ), the Doxology , the Serenity Prayer , John 3:16 , Psalm 145:15 ...
When in Matthew's account the "whole people" say: "His blood be upon us and on our children" (27:25), the Christian will remember that Jesus' blood speaks a different language from the blood of Abel (Hebrews 12:24): it does not cry out for vengeance and punishment; it brings reconciliation.
The ending of this never fails to make me cry. #45. The Fox and the Hound. arothmanmusic: I saw that in the theatre as a birthday party. You know what ruins a birthday party? A bunch of crying ...
The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:13–23) and in New Testament apocrypha.Soon after the visit by the Magi, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to flee to Egypt with Mary and the infant Jesus since King Herod would seek the child to kill him.