Word: herod
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...from the Damascus Gate stands a hill that looks exceedingly like a skull in the sunlight, and could well give to the hill the name, the "place of a skull" Close at hand have been discovered the remains of an old Roman road leading directly to Herod's Tower in the city from which it could easily be seen. Moreover, just back of the hill stands a garden, and along its edge runs a wall, pretty well buried under the accumulated dust of ages. Excavations have brought to light a tomb in the wall, protected by a rolling stone, just...
...years. The Jews, long oppressed and maddened by the Roman rule were still clinging to their expectation of a Messiah; a king who was to overthrow the oppressor and give Jerusalem the supreme power. But at the time of Christ's birth, cruelty and bloodshed were constantly increasing, with Herod as their chief agent. The fact that the slaughter of the innocents is not noticed in secular history is significant of his career. No notice of the massacre of a few babies could be taken amid a series of murders, of his sons, wife, relations, courtiers and subjects, which...
...White. Tilson McBean, First colloquies-T. G. Adams, Arnet, Barnett, Bradley, Bunce, Dater, Greer, Hall, Hefflon, Hodges, Hopkins, Jewett. Kenerson, Marsh, Parker, Robinson, Sacket, G. F. Smith, Thompson, Townsend, Wales, H. L. Williams, Wright. Second colloquies-Aiken, Bailey, Barnes, Barrows, Billings, Brenner, Brewster, Cooley, Davis, Ferris, Forsythe, Gregory, Harvey, Herod, Horr, Howell, Ingersol, Jessup, Knox, Lloyd. McClintock, Moorhead, Castler, Penfield, Reed, Reynolds, Rorer, Russell, Weed, F. H. Williams...