Herod

But "against the king of the Assyrians" understand against Herod, against whom the Magi at that time surely set themselves by not reporting concerning Christ, whom he was seeking to intercept.

But the appellation of Nazarene was to befit Christ from the hiding-places of his infancy, to which he came down at Nazareth, avoiding Archelaus, son of Herod.

That no new god was approved by Christ that opinion too of all declared, because some asserted to Herod that Christ Jesus was John, others Elias, others some one of the old prophets.

For it did not profit Herod to keep his oath, who, that he might not be forsworn forsooth, became the murderer of the prophet.

The tribe of Judah, however, did not fail, until he came for whom it was reserved—who himself did not sit upon the bodily throne either, the Jewish kingdom having passed thereafter to Herod, the son of the Ascalonite Antipater, and to his children, who divided Judaea into four governments, while Pilate was governor and Tiberius held the whole power of the Roman empire.

" He called the malicious and earth-born men, those who spend their time about the wealth that is mined and dug out of the ground, "foxes.

Be not alarmed, like Herod, who trembled, when he heard that Christ was born, and slew so many innocent children, hoping to include the Saviour in that calamity.

And if an act of Parliament, if we could suppose such a case, should, like the edict of Herod, command all the children under a certain age to be slain, the judge ought to resign his office rather than be auxiliary to its execution;

Christian suggests they ought,) “resign their offices” rather than be auxiliary to the execution of an act of legislation, that, like the edict of Herod, should require all the children under a certain age to be slain, we cannot certainly know.

"For there gathered together in this city against your holy Son, whom you have anointed, Herod and Pilate with the nations.

Let Herod too be a better man, lest Jeremiah have cause to glory.

"The kings of the earth stood up" — Herod — "and the rulers were gathered together into one" — Annas and Caiaphas — "against the Lord and against His Christ.

not lest Herod should pursue them, who did not even pursue them, being ignorant too that they had departed by another way, since he was ignorant even of the way by which they had come.