The Massacre of the Innocents by Rubens. In this christian myth, the Three Magi asked where to find the newborn "King of the Jews". The Roman ruler Herod felt his position threatened amd ordered the murder of all baby boys. The father of Jesus was warned in a rea, of the event and was advised to go to Egypt, in the episode known as The Flight Into Egypt.


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