What is a biblical concordance?
It is a book which contains every word found in the Bible and which then lists each place in the Bible where that particular word is used. Some concordances use the original biblical words which are Greek and Hebrew, while others are concerned most with words found in various translations in more modern languages. Most Catholic bookstores can order a concordance for you if you want one. Reprinted June 20, 1997 back I thought that Herod died and that enabled Jesus, Mary and Joseph to return from Egypt. But, Saint Luke claims that Pilate, during his trial, sent Jesus for a while over to Herod (Luke 23:7-12). How do you explain this? The Herod, who murdered the innocents and who died (Matthew 2:19), was the founder of the Herodian dynasty and is known to history as Herod the Great. The name Herod was then taken by his sons as a dynastic name, something like all the roman emperors called themselves “Caesar” after Julius Caesar. The Herod who was involved in the Pilate incident (and in the
