But when Herod's birthday celebration was held, the daughter of Herodias danced before the guests. She pleased Herod

He stayed there until Herod's death in order to fulfill what was declared by the Lord through the prophet when he said, "Out of Egypt I called my Son."

Herod had arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

After Jesus had been born in Bethlehem of Judea during the reign of King Herod, wise men arrived in Jerusalem from the east

When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, as was all of Jerusalem.

Then Herod secretly called together the wise men, found out from them the time the star had appeared,

Having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they left for their own country by a different road.

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. "Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt," he said. "Stay there until I tell you, because Herod intends to search for the child and kill him."

Herod flew into a rage when he learned that he had been tricked by the wise men, so he ordered the execution of all the male children in Bethlehem and all its neighboring regions, who were two years old and younger, according to the time that he had determined from the wise men.

But after Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.

But when he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, after having been warned in a dream. So he left for the region of Galilee

At that time Herod the tetrarch, hearing about the fame of Jesus,

Although Herod wanted to kill him, he was afraid of the crowd, since they regarded John as a prophet.