Three Wise Guys<\/div>\n
Let\u2019s set the scene: King Herod, upon hearing about the birth of the future \u201cKing of the Jews,\u201d gets a tad jealous. I mean, there\u2019s only room for one king in Judea, right? So, he sends the wise men to find baby Jesus, planning a royal ambush. But, plot twist! The wise men pull a fast one, and Herod, feeling duped, orders the massacre of all male babies in Bethlehem. Yikes!<\/p>\n
But here\u2019s where things get fishy. Historical records tell us that Herod the Great kicked the bucket in 4 BC, and that\u2019s after a reign filled with architectural wonders and political intrigue. He died in Jericho, after suffering an illness that, let\u2019s just say, wasn\u2019t a walk in the park. We\u2019re talking intense pain, fever, and some seriously unpleasant symptoms. Not the way you want to go out!<\/p>\n
Now, here\u2019s the kicker \u2013 Jesus\u2019 birth is tied to a census conducted by Quirinius in 6 AD. Do the math, folks! That\u2019s a whole decade after Herod\u2019s grand exit. So, how\u2019s our villainous king ordering baby hunts from beyond the grave? It\u2019s like a biblical episode of Unsolved Mysteries!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ah, the tale of King Herod, the original bad guy of the New Testament! You know the story \u2013 three wise men, a star in the East, and a king with a serious case of baby fever. But, hold onto your frankincense, folks, because this tale might just be a historical hiccup! In other words… […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,28,31,33,30,32,29],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/averagejoeatheist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/averagejoeatheist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/averagejoeatheist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/averagejoeatheist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/averagejoeatheist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/averagejoeatheist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65,"href":"https:\/\/averagejoeatheist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/65"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/averagejoeatheist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/averagejoeatheist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/averagejoeatheist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/averagejoeatheist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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