Herod
In the Cave of Treasures Herod receives the Magi who seek the young Child. He trembled before them and told them to seek diligently and come show him so he might make obeisance. Deceit was hidden in his heart while he offered homage with his mouth. Herod was greatly perturbed by the commotion in Judea from Augustus Caesar's edict that every man be registered.
After the Magi left Jerusalem and Herod the star guided them once more. Christ lived in Egypt until Herod died, after which Archelaus reigned. The registration for taxation of men under Herod was completed in fifty days. The Jews were grieved when Jerusalem was destroyed in the days of Herod, the third such time, for they had no trustworthy table of their fathers' generations.
Biography
- Occupation
- King of Judea
- Era
- Roman Judea
Key Chapters
Key Passages
Herod in Cave of Treasures 66
The Cave of Treasures 66:6
Epiphanes], who raised up a persecution against them, and polluted the Temple of the Lord, and forced them to offer up s...
6piphanes], who raised up a persecution against them, and polluted the Temple of the Lord, and forced them to offer up sacrifices unto idols; the second time in the days of.......; and the third time in the days of Herod, when Jerusalem was destroyed. Because of this the Jews were greatly grieved, for they had no trustworthy table of the succession of the generations of their fathers.
Herod in Cave of Treasures 70
The Cave of Treasures 70:2
And when they entered the presence of Herod, he trembled before them, and he commanded them, saying, “Depart in peace, a...
2nd when they entered the presence of Herod, he trembled before them, and he commanded them, saying, “Depart in peace, and seek diligently for the young Child, and when ye have found Him, come and show me, that I too may go and make obeisance unto Him”; though deceit was hidden in Herod’s heart, he offered homage with his mouth.
Herod in Cave of Treasures 73
The Cave of Treasures 73:3
1). And He did not return from Egypt [at once], but lived there until Herod died, and after him reigned Archelaus. Now, ...
3). And He did not return from Egypt [at once], but lived there until Herod died, and after him reigned Archelaus. Now, thou must know, O my brother Nemesius, that, even as I have already told thee, all the men who were under the rule of Herod were [included] in that registration for taxation; and the registration was completed in fifty days.
Herod in Cave of Treasures 74
The Cave of Treasures 74:1
And straightway the angel said unto Joseph, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt.” And when ...
1nd straightway the angel said unto Joseph, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and flee into Egypt.” And when the registration was completed, the Jews were dismissed, so that each man might depart to his own district and to his own village. Then did Herod enquire for the Magi, and when he was told, “they have gone back to their own country,” he was exceedingly wroth, and he sent straightway and slew all the young children in Bethlehem, and in all the villages round about.
Herod in Cave of Treasures 75
The Cave of Treasures 75:1
And as for Herod, a divine punishment that was pitiless overtook him, and he fell ill of a sickness through which he sta...
1nd as for Herod, a divine punishment that was pitiless overtook him, and he fell ill of a sickness through which he stank, and his body melted away into a mass of worms, and he suffered most grievous pains, and at length people were unable to come near him because of his putrid smell. And through that bitter suffering his soul departed into outer darkness.
Herod in Cave of Treasures 76
The Cave of Treasures 76:1
And when Herod died, and his death had been announced to Joseph, he went back to Galilee. And when Christ was thirty yea...
1nd when Herod died, and his death had been announced to Joseph, he went back to Galilee. And when Christ was thirty years old He was baptized by John. Now John was in the desert all the days of his life, and he lived upon the root which is called “Kamts,”’ which is wild honey. And in the twelfth year of the kingdom of Tiberius Christ suffered.
Herod in Cave of Treasures 78
The Cave of Treasures 78:18
Observe ye, O my brethren, that not even in His death did He lack the [sign of] royalty. And when the Jews and the soldi...
18bserve ye, O my brethren, that not even in His death did He lack the [sign of] royalty. And when the Jews and the soldiers who were the servants of Herod and Pilate were struggling together to rend the tunic of Christ, to divide it among them, they did so because they all eagerly desired the beauty of the sight thereof.
Herod in Cave of Treasures 83
The Cave of Treasures 83:3
Herod was a Greek, Caiaphas was a Hebrew, and Pilate a Roman. Now the Syrians had no part in the murder of Christ, and t...
3erod was a Greek, Caiaphas was a Hebrew, and Pilate a Roman. Now the Syrians had no part in the murder of Christ, and to this testifieth Abhgar, king of Edessa, who wished to take Jerusalem and destroy it because the Jews crucified Christ.
Did You Know?
Herod trembled before the Magi and asked them to find the child and report back, though deceit was hidden in his heart.
The registration ordered by Augustus took fifty days, and Herod sealed it and sent it to Rome before searching for the Messiah.
When he learned the Magi had gone home he killed all the young children in Bethlehem and the villages around it.
He had Zacharias killed between the steps and the altar for not handing over his son John.
Herod ordered that after his death one prisoner from every house in Judea be killed, so that the whole land would mourn.