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Herod Antipas

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Herod the tetrarch, ruler of Galilee (a son of Herod the Great, according to Josephus). He has John the Baptist beheaded, and in Luke, Pilate sends Jesus to him during the trial.

See Luke 3:1, Mark 6:27, Luke 23:7.

A fox marks Herod Antipas in the reading view: Jesus calls him “that fox” (Luke 13:32).

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Mentioned in 23 verses across 4 books, first in Matthew 14:1. The verses below are the ones linked to this person (the Theographic dataset, with our sourced corrections).

How artists have pictured him

3 works from different centuries and traditions. Each shows how its time and place imagined Herod Antipas, not how he looked.

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Christ before Herod, Tempera on panel, Maestà (back), Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
1308–1311 · Duccio di Buoninsegna, Christ before Herod. Tempera on panel, Maestà (back), Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, SienaPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons
Tzortzis Phouka, John the Baptist Rebuking Herod, Fresco, Dionysiou Monastery, Mount Athos
1547 · Tzortzis Phouka, John the Baptist Rebuking Herod. Fresco, Dionysiou Monastery, Mount AthosPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons
Giovanni Fattori, Saint John the Baptist Rebuking Herod, Oil on canvas
19th c. · Giovanni Fattori, Saint John the Baptist Rebuking Herod. Oil on canvasPublic domain · Wikimedia Commons

In the Bible

All 3 verses in Matthew, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Matthew

  • Matthew 14:1

    At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus

  • Matthew 14:3

    Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

  • Matthew 14:6

    On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod

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Events

Events the dataset lists Herod Antipas as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

  1. c. AD 27
    John the Baptist ImprisonedMatthew 14:1 – Luke 3:20
  2. c. AD 29

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

Herod’s son by Malthace (Matt. 14:1; Luke 3:1, 19; 9:7; Acts 13:1).

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