The Visit of the Boy Jesus to Jerusalem

The raving maniac died! The various loathsome diseases which inflicted Herod the Great had claimed his impious life. Archlaus, his eldest son, had received the subordinate title of Ethnarch, and his jurisdiction was over Judea, Samaria, and Idumea. He catered to a life of luxury and crude sensuality. In his reign he surpassed his father’s oppression and cruelty. Disgusted with his many crimes, A