When you read the New Testament, you often come across the name Herod. There were different rulers called Herod who formed part of the background history of Jesus and the New Testament. This is the ...

Readings: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 Colossians 3:12-21 or 3:12-17 Mt 2:13-15, 19-23 History calls him Herod the Great, but no one could call him a family man. To gain the Judean throne through a second, ...