Massacre of the Innocents

UK humorous

(Christianity) The incident in the nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew (2:16–18) in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children two years old and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem.

Japanese Meaning

マタイによる福音書に記載される、幼子虐殺事件。ヘロデ大王が、ベツレヘム周辺で2歳以下の男児を全て殺害するよう命じた事件を指す。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

歴史家や神学者は今も、マタイの誕生物語に記されている、ヘロデ大王がベツレヘム近郊の満2歳以下の男子児をすべて処刑するよう命じた出来事（いわゆる幼児虐殺）の史実性について議論を続けている。

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(UK, politics, humorous) The abandonment of potentially useful measures at the end of a session in the House of Commons, since there is no time to pass them.

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