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The Holy Innocents by Giotto di Bondone. The Massacre of the Innocents is the name given to the alleged slaughter, according to the Gospel of Matthew (2:16), of all boys "from two years old and under" of Bethlehem when Jesus was born. This was ordered by Herod the Great because he had been informed that, according to old prophesies and the appearance of a star, one of them would be known as "King of the Jews", but he did not know which boy.
However, Joseph, Mary and Jesus had fled to Egypt after they had been warned by an angel.
The Eastern Orthodox Church calls the victims "Holy Innocents", the first martyrs for Jesus Christ, and commemorates them each year on December 27December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. 362nd in a leap year). There are 4 days remaining. Events 1703 Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England. 1831 Charles.
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Although medieval writers talked of 144,000 victims, currently it is estimated that, if the story is true, 8 to 30 little boys were killed.
The Massacre is not mentioned in any other canonical gospelFor the genre of Christian-themed music, see gospel music. Gospels are a genre of ancient literature concerning the life of Jesus. The word derives from the Old English word for " Good News", a translation of the Greek word , euangelion''. This refers to, nor by any secular historian. However, Christian scholars take Jeremiah 31:15 to allude to it: "Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rachel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. ( KJV)"
In Iberoamerica, December 28 is prank day , equivalent to April Fool's Day in many countries. Prank victims are called inocentes.