death followed quickly, but his orders were overruled by his sister Salome. The notables were released. “I know that the Jews will celebrate my death by a festival; yet I can obtain a vicarious mourning and a magnificent funeral, if you consent to follow my instructions. You know these men here in custody; the moment I expire have them surrounded by the soldiers and massacred; so that all Judaea and every household weep for me, whether they will or no.”78 The killing of the baby boys of Bethlehem