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Apr 15, 2024 · Herod Antipas is a figure in the Bible's New Testament, known primarily for his role in the events leading up to the execution of John the Baptist and the trial of Jesus Christ. He was a ruler of Galilee and Perea from 4 BCE to 39 CE, part of the Herodian dynasty that governed Judea under Roman oversight. Herod Antipas was the son of Herod the ...
Feb 10, 2019 · Herod Antipas was one of the co-conspirators who carried out the condemnation and execution of Jesus Christ. More than 30 years earlier, his father, Herod the Great, had tried but failed to murder the young Jesus by slaughtering all the boys under two years old in Bethlehem ( Matthew 2:16 ), but Joseph, Mary and Jesus had already fled to Egypt.
Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, ruled from 4 BCE to 39 CE over the Jewish provinces of Galilee and Parea. His official title was “tetrarch” (meaning “ruler of a fourth” of his father’s kingdom). By most standards, he was just an ordinary, local, Jewish ruler, but two incidents during his reign secured him a high place in the ...
May 17, 2021 · When Pontius Pilate ruled Judea as governor, Herod the Great’s son (born to Malthace, a Samaritan woman), Herod Antipas, reigned over Galilee and Perea from 4 BC-AD 39. Matthew refers to him as ...
Feb 21, 2020 · Herod Antipater, better known as Antipas, was granted the right to rule Galilee and Perea. He was given the title of Tetrarch (“ruler of a quarter”), although he was sometimes known as King Herod, as his father had been (Mk 6:14). Antipas ruled from Herod the Great’s death in either 4BC or 1 BC 1 until he was deposed by Caligula in AD 39.
Herod Antipas ruled Galilee for most of Jesus’ life. His father, Herod the Great, reigned from 37 to 4 B.C. Jesus was apparently born in about 6 B.C. If so, from the time Jesus was 2 years old until his crucifixion in about 30 A.D., Herod Antipas governed Galilee (and Perea, where John the Baptist came from).
Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, ruled from 4 BCE to 39 CE over the Jewish provinces of Galilee and Parea. His official title was “tetrarch” (meaning “ruler of a fourth” of his father’s kingdom). By most standards, he was just an ordinary, local, Jewish ruler, but two incidents during his reign secured him a high place in the ...
