King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, "John the Baptist has been raised ...

Albatross/Age Fotostock Herod’s rule over Judaea was continued under his son Herod Antipas—also infamous in Christian scripture as the king reigning during Jesus’ ministry and death.

It hints that Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch of Galilee, was led towards a fatal decision against John the Baptist by his wife, Herodias's daughter. Herodias had been the wife of Antipas's brother ...

But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men ...

One son, Herod Antipas, took the northern territories of the Galilee and those on the east side of the Jordan River. Another son, Phillip, took the areas to the east of the Sea of Galilee ...

But it was really developed by Herod's son Antipas, when he went there in 4 or 3 before the Common Era, after his father's death. The extent of his activities, however, as described by none other ...