MassacreInnocent

10th century image of the “Massacre of Innocents” from Matthew 2:16-18. Liberal critics argue that the incident is fictional, used for theological purposes only, considering no source outside of Matthew mentions it. However, many evangelical scholars argue that popular depictions of hundreds of infants being murdered are way overblown. Bethlehem was a small town, not big enough to have a Walmart. Though still tragic, estimates are that no more than a dozen or two infants were killed, a minor event in an  violent age that may not have received secular notice.