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Dec 19, 2017 · This is the Herod of Jesus’ public ministry. He imprisoned and eventually executed John the Baptist when John spoke out against his marriage to Herodias, his brother Philip’s ex-wife (Luke 3:19–20; Mark 6:17–29). He also wondered about Jesus’ identity when people speculated that John had risen from the dead (Mark 6:14–16, par.).
Apr 22, 2024 · Herod Antipas (born 21 bce —died after 39 ce ) was the son of Herod I the Great who became tetrarch (ruler of a minor principality in the Roman Empire) of Galilee, in northern Palestine, and Peraea, east of the Jordan River and Dead Sea, and ruled throughout Jesus of Nazareth’s ministry. In the Gospel According to Luke (13:32), Jesus is ...
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Feb 8, 2024 · The traditional way of reconciling these seemingly incongruous accounts is that Joseph was Jesus’ adoptive father. In his article, Lincoln offers another way: He posits that knowing the genre of the Gospels helps make sense of this apparent contradiction. As a subset of ancient Greco-Roman biography, the Gospels can be compared to other Greco ...
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1. Canonical books. a. The synoptic gospels. The record of the first three gospels states that John had a brother whose name was James and a father whose name was Zebedee, a fisherman residing near Capernaum on the Sea of Galilee ( Matt 4:21, 22; Mark 1:19, 20; Luke 5:10 ). The mother of John is believed to be Salome.
Apr 29, 2019 · John was the son of Zebedee and the brother of James. He was a one of the inner circle of three whom Jesus made His most close friends and shared His deepest experiences (Mat. 17:1). When John and his brother James first came to Christ, they were named the “sons of thunder” (Mr. 3:17). They were proud, self-confident, striving for honor ...
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.
John the Apostle was the son of Zebedee and the younger brother of James the Great. According to church tradition, their mother was Salome. Also according to some traditions, Salome was the sister of Mary, Jesus' mother, making Salome Jesus' aunt, and her sons John the Apostle and James were Jesus' cousins.
