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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]
8:3, 9:2: Saul (whose Roman name was Paul) imprisons many Christians. 9:23-24, 20:19, 23:12-14: Jews plot to kill Paul. 12:1-5: King Herod (believed to be Agrippa I) executes James and imprisons Peter. 13:44-51: Paul and Barnabas being driven out of Antioch. 14:5-6: Jews and gentiles attempt unsuccessfully to stone Paul and Barnabas.
Martin Luther King Jr., Baptist minister, theologian, civil rights leader, 1968 Wang Zhiming , 1973, Chinese pastor, publicly executed Martyrs of La Rioja , 1976
William I of Sicily, by Pope Adrian IV, while the king was waging war against the papal states and raiding pilgrims on their way to the tombs of the apostles. Ralph I, Count of Vermandois was said to have been excommunicated in 1142 by Bishop Saint Ivo of Chartres for repudiating his lawful wife and marrying another [ 44 ]
Sometime after the events in the previous chapter, the apostles in Jerusalem are harassed by a new persecution (12:1) by a "Herod", not Herod Antipas, who was involved in the trial of Jesus (Luke 23:6–12; Acts 4:27) but Agrippa I, a grandson of Herod the Great, resulting in the killing of James the son of Zebedee and the imprisonment of Simon Peter.
James and his brother wanted to call down fire on a Samaritan town, but were rebuked by Jesus. [9] Shield with symbol of St. James the Great, Church of the Good Shepherd (Rosemont, Pennsylvania) The Acts of the Apostles records that "Herod the king" (usually identified with Herod Agrippa) had James executed by the sword. [1]
Loveday Alexander describes this episode as "one of the most sensational" in the Acts of the Apostles. He notes that Peter's situation was "perilous" yet he was sleeping peacefully. There is a greater "dramatic tension" in this narrative than in an earlier record of the escape of the apostles from prison, mentioned briefly in Acts 5:18–19. [2]
That Andronicus and Junia were "well known among the apostles" meaning "well known to the apostles" If the first view is correct then Paul may be referring to a female apostle [ 59 ] [ 60 ] – the Greek name (Iounian) is in the accusative and could be either Junia (a woman) or Junias (a man). [ 61 ]