He is curious about Jesus, wondering if he isn’t John come back from the dead or one of the prophets. Today’s Gospel says that Herod Antipas “kept trying to see Jesus,” words that also ...

or Herod Antipas, was ruling at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion around 30 C.E. Herod may have been a splendid builder and a savvy economist – and technically the “King of the Jews.” ...

Unwittingly, Archelaus helped consign Jesus to the ranks of an outsider. (“Can anything good come from Nazareth?”) History remembers Archelaus’s brother, Herod Antipas, mainly because of his ...

It’s told as a retrospective in Mark: Herod Antipas’ mind almost flashes back ... Its framing asks: What does John have to tell us about Jesus? Before the flashback to John starts, Herod ...

Herod Antipas features prominently in the New Testament where his actions contribute to the executions of both Jesus and John the Baptist. In A.D. 66 the Jews rose against Roman occupation.

Herod Antipas got Galilee ... That raises some intriguing questions, especially since, in Luke’s Gospel, Jesus calls Herod “a fox” (Lk 13:32), comparing him to a sneaky, unclean animal.

who shortly after Jesus is baptized, is imprisoned by Herod Antipas. It is particularly noteworthy that Josephus is far more interested in John the Baptist than in Jesus of Nazareth and ...

The Gospel story further villainizes Herod, whose son, also called King Herod, or Herod Antipas, was ruling at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion around 30 C.E. Herod may have been a splendid builder and ...

or Herod Antipas, was ruling at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion around 30 CE. Herod may have been a splendid builder and a savvy economist – and technically the “King of the Jews.” ...