Herod died in his palace at Jericho in the spring of 4 B.C. This illustration by Hongnian Zhang depicts the funeral procession to his massive mausoleum at Herodium. Photograph by Hongnian Zhang ...

“As I tell my students, why didn’t he take him to Toledo?” When Herod died in 4 B.C.E., his demise was long and painful.

Herod was upset and called the chief priests and teachers of the law and asked them “Where will the Messiah be born?” They told him Bethlehem had been predicted in prophecy. Herod asked the ...

Here is a historical example. Herod was the Roman-appointed King of Judea when a baby boy named Jesus was born to Mary and Joseph in a manger. This poor couple lived in a foreign land. The child ...