Matthew 2:16, King Herod and Skeptic’s Argument from Silence

 

Matthew 2:16 states:

Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent men and killed all the boys who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity [a]who were two years old or under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.

The Skeptic Annotated Bible thinks there’s problems with this verse.  In their own words:

Herod kills all boys in and around Bethlehem that are two years old and under. Such a massacre would certainly have been noted by contemporary historians. Yet not even Josephus, who documented Herod’s life in detail, mentioned this event

Here’s my response:

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