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These are all the male children aged 2 and under that were murdered because [[Herod]] sought the life of the Infant [[Jesus]].

These are all the male children aged 2 and under that were murdered because [[Herod]] sought the life of the Infant [[Jesus]].

The massacre of the innocents is not recorded in any of the other Gospels or in contemporary secular accounts.  However, that does not mean that it did not happen.  As explained by Gordon Franz on the site of the Associates for Biblical Research:<ref>[http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2009/12/09/the-slaughter-of-the-innocents-historical-fact-or-legendary-fiction.aspx#Article The Slaughter of the Innocents:  Historical Fact or Legendary Fiction?]</ref><blockquote>The slaughter of the innocents is unattested in secular records, but the historical plausibility of this event happening is consistent with the character and actions of Herod the Great.  Besides killing his enemies, he had no qualms in killing family members and friends as well.</blockquote>In other words, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

The massacre of the innocents is not recorded in any of the other Gospels or in contemporary secular accounts.  However, that does not mean that it did not happen.  As explained by Gordon Franz on the site of the Associates for Biblical Research:<ref>[http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2009/12/09/the-slaughter-of-the-innocents-historical-fact-or-legendary-fiction.aspx#Article The Slaughter of the Innocents:  Historical Fact or Legendary Fiction?]</ref><blockquote>The slaughter of the innocents is unattested in secular records, but the historical plausibility of this event happening is consistent with the character and actions of Herod the Great.  Besides killing his enemies, he had no qualms in killing family members and friends as well.</blockquote>However [[Flavius Josephus]], who documented all the instances of Herod killing people, failed to mention this alleged massacre, which Herod's Roman masters would never have allowed him to conduct anyway. After all the babies he killed would have been future Roman [[taxpayer]]s.

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