“When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.” —Matthew 2:16
Artwork: “Massacre of the Innocents,” painted by Parisian painter, Léon Cogniet in 1824.
Why does Matthew include this story in the
Answer: Because God chooses to send his son into a
Why? To invite us
Matthew’s Christmas Story contrasts two kinds of home represented by: The worldly kingdom of
Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” – Matthew 2:17-18
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