1st century AD tetrarch of Galilee and Perea (r. 1–39)
Herod Antipas
Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea
Herod Antipas medallion from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum
Reign
4 BC – 39 AD
Predecessor
Herod the Great
Successor
Agrippa I
Born
Before 20 BC
Died
After AD 39 Gallia
Wives
Phasaelis of Nabataea
Herodias
Dynasty
Herodian Dynasty
Father
Herod the Great
Mother
Malthace
Herod Antipas (Greek: Ἡρῴδης Ἀντίπας, Hērǭdēs Antipas; c. 20 BC – c. 39 AD) was a 1st-century ruler of Galilee and Perea. He bore the title of tetrarch ("ruler of a quarter") and is referred to as both "Herod the Tetrarch"[1] and "King Herod"[2] in the New Testament, although he never actually held the title of king.[3] He was a son of Herod the Great and a grandson of Antipater the Idumaean. He is widely known today for accounts in the New Testament of his role in events that led to the executions of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth (Matthew 14, Matthew 14:1–12). His father, Herod the Great, was alleged to have ordered the Massacre of the Innocents, marking the earliest Biblical account of the concerns of the government in Jerusalem regarding Jesus's existence.
Following the death of his father in 4 BC, Herod Antipas was recognized as tetrarch by Caesar Augustus, and subsequently by his own brother, the ethnarch Herod Archelaus. Antipas officially ruled Galilee and Perea as a client state of the Roman Empire.[4][5] He was responsible for building projects at Sepphoris and Betharamphtha, and for the construction of his capital Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. Named in honour of his patron, the emperor Tiberius, the city later became a centre of rabbinic learning after the Jewish-Roman wars (66–135 AD).
Antipas divorced his first wife Phasa'el, the daughter of King Aretas IV of Nabatea, in favour of Herodias, who had formerly been married to his half-brother Herod II. (Antipas was Herod the Great's son by Malthace, while Herod II was his son by Mariamne II.)[6][7] According to the New Testament Gospels, it was John the Baptist's condemnation of this arrangement that led Antipas to have him arrested; John was subsequently put to death in Machaerus. Besides provoking his conflict with John the Baptist, the tetrarch's divorce added a personal grievance to previous disputes with Aretas over territory on the border of Perea and Nabatea. The result was a war that proved disastrous for Antipas; a Roman counter-offensive was ordered by Tiberius, but abandoned upon that emperor's death in 37 AD. In 39 AD Antipas was accused by his nephew Agrippa I of conspiracy against the Roman emperor Caligula, who sent him into exile in Gaul, according to Josephus. Accompanied there by Herodias, he died at an unknown date.[8]
The Gospel of Luke states that Jesus was first brought before Pontius Pilate for trial, since Pilate was the governor of Roman Judea, which encompassed Jerusalem where Jesus was arrested. Pilate initially handed him over to Antipas, in whose territory Jesus had been most active, but Antipas sent him back to Pilate's court.
^"14:1 – John the Baptist Beheaded". Matthew (NASB ed.). Bible Gateway. Retrieved 16 April 2018. At that
^"6:14–29 – John's Fate Recalled". Mark (NASB ed.). BibleGateway.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018. And King Herod
^Jeffers, James S. (2000). The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era: Exploring the Background of Early Christianity. Intervarsity Press. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-83081589-0. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
^Marshall, Taylor, 2012. The Eternal City, Dallas: St. John, pp. 35–65.
^Steinmann, Andrew, 2011. From Abraham to Paul: A Biblical Chronology, St. Louis: Concordia, pp. 235–38.
^Bruce, Frederick Fyvie (1990). The Acts of the Apostles. Eerdmans. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-80280966-7. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
^"The House of Herod". Virtual religion. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
HerodAntipas (Greek: Ἡρῴδης Ἀντίπας, Hērǭdēs Antipas; c. 20 BC – c. 39 AD) was a 1st-century ruler of Galilee and Perea. He bore the title of tetrarch...
in the New Testament relating to the Roman-appointed Galilean ruler HerodAntipas). Despite his successes, including single-handedly forging a new aristocracy...
along well with Herodias, the wife of HerodAntipas, who encouraged Antipas to continue to help Agrippa. Antipas provided him with money, offered to settle...
to AD 6). He was the son of Herod the Great and Malthace the Samaritan, brother of HerodAntipas, and half-brother of Herod II. Archelaus (a name meaning...
purges. HerodAntipas and his other remaining half-brothers shared Judaea amongst them. Herodias later married Herod II's half-brother, HerodAntipas. According...
and was married to HerodAntipas Herodias' second husband was HerodAntipas (born before 20 BC; died after 39 AD) half-brother of Herod II (her first husband)...
brother Herod Philip I. Josephus also mentions John in the Antiquities of the Jews and states that he was executed by order of HerodAntipas in the fortress...
daughter of Herod II (son of Herod the Great) and princess Herodias. She was granddaughter of Herod the Great, and stepdaughter of HerodAntipas. She is known...
and was eventually exiled to Gaul, with her second husband, HerodAntipas. HerodAntipas was accused by his nephew Agrippa I of conspiracy against the...
AD 40. His daughter Phasaelis was married to, and divorced from, HerodAntipas. Herod then married his stepbrother's wife, Herodias. It was opposition...
death of Herod the Great in 4 BCE. The latter's client kingdom was divided between his sister Salome I and his sons Herod Archelaus, HerodAntipas, and Philip...
imprisonment and execution of John the Baptist by HerodAntipas and that Herodias left her husband to marry HerodAntipas, in defiance of Jewish law. Josephus and...
time Herod Philip was 39 years old. The gospels of Matthew and Mark state that the Herodias whom HerodAntipas married was the wife of Antipas' brother...
over to Antipas, in whose territory Jesus had been most active, but Antipas sent him back to Pilate's court. Herod Agrippa was the grandson of Herod. Thanks...
Testament, HerodAntipas, ruler of Galilee under the Roman Empire, had imprisoned John the Baptist because he had publicly reproved Herod for divorcing...
Baptist by order of HerodAntipas, the ruler of Galilee and Perea. The context of this reference is the AD 36 defeat of HerodAntipas in his conflict with...
of Herod Archelaus depicts a galley and conjoined double cornucopiae, also inscribed in Greek with his name and title. The coinage of HerodAntipas is...
Massacre of the Innocents Herod Archelaus (23 BC–c. AD 18, ruled 4 BC–AD 6), ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea HerodAntipas (born 21 BC, ruled 4 BC–AD...
Look up Antipas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Antipas can refer to: HerodAntipas, an ancient ruler of Galilee and Perea Antipater the Idumaean...
Jerusalem are destroyed except one. The Letter of Herod to Pilate is a letter purportedly from HerodAntipas, Tetrarch of Galilee, to Pilate. Greek and Syriac...
During the prophethood of Yahya, a conflict occurred between him and HerodAntipas, who wanted to divorce his first wife and take as wife his former sister-in-law...
'brought up' (Greek: σύντροφος, syntrophos, Vulgate: collactaneus) with HerodAntipas. According to the Acts of the Apostles, he was among those who sent...
fault, Pilate transfers him to the court of HerodAntipas since Jesus is from Antipas's domain of Galilee. Antipas deems him to be a harmless fool and returns...
setting for four additional New Testament figures: Herod the Great; his son, Tetrarch HerodAntipas; his second wife, Princess Herodias; and her daughter...
before King HerodAntipas, in modern stage, literature and visual arts. It is an elaboration on the New Testament story of the Feast of Herod and the execution...
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