Mel Gibson's Jesus movie

[Valandil]

Originally posted by Agalayth
Ok, I just saw it yesterday. There were a bunch of inaccuracies. The two that I remember most were these:

1. Herod was dead. There was no possible way that Herod was alive during that time.

There was more than one Herod. 'Herod the Great' was king when Jesus was born. He's the one who sent the hitmen to Bethlehem for 'the Slaughter of the Innocents' which Jesus was spared from by the family's flight to Egypt. Matthew tells us that Herod died while they were in Egypt and the family then returned home (I'm not checking, this is from memory - so I don't recall if it states they went from Egypt on up to Nazareth of Galilee, but I believe so).

Again - I don't recall particulars... I think there may have been more than one Herod after Herod the Great, but not sure. There was a 'Herod the Tetrarch'... and I THINK he's the one who was ruling during the time of Jesus' ministry and the early years of the church. There WAS a Herod on the throne at the time though... and this was a provincial kingship... under the rulership of Rome, with somewhat limited powers and subject to the Roman governor.

(EDIT: there was also a 'Herod Antipas'... don't recall for sure if that's just another title for the Tetrarch or not... will have to check my study Bible... unless someone else knows this. )