PalestinePalestine during the time of Herod the Great and his sons. In 40bcethe Parthians invaded Palestine, civil war broke out, and Herod was forced to flee to Rome. The senate there nominated him king ofJudaeaand equipped him with an army to make good his claim. In the year 37bce...
Herod,dynasty reigning in Palestine at the time of Jesus. As a dynasty the Herods depended largely on the power of Rome. They are usually blamed for the state of virtual anarchy in Palestine at the beginning of the Christian era.
Herod Antipas, 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 the Dead Sea, and ruled throughout Jesus of Nazareth’s ministry.
14:1. At that time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus.Matthew
Jesus replied by saying, “Go tell that fox” that He would continue His ministry of casting out demons and curing diseases for a short time at least, but only after He had finished would He go to Jerusalem to perish. Antipas saw the potential danger of Christ’s popular movement and ...
She was with Felix during his first audience with Paul: But some days later Felix arrived with Drusilla, his wife who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix bec...
On the other hand, Herod Antipas ruled over Galilee during Jesus’ time and is best known for his role in John the Baptist’s story. He ordered John’s beheading after Salome danced for him. As a member of the Herodian dynasty and son of Herod the Great, he was part of a powerfu...
aMiles away in Galilee, Herod heard of this man whom other man were calling John the Baptist .Jesus also heard of his cousin's work. Unlike Herod, he left Galilee and want to Jordan to be baptized by John. He had not yet begun to preach himself, but now his time was come and he...
When Jesus was born, all of Jewish Palestine—as well as some of the neighbouring Gentile areas—was ruled by Rome's able “friend and ally” Herod the Great. Did King Herod meet Jesus? When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to se...
Jesus was born “in the fullness of time” (Galatians 4:4), around 5 BC, in a land where a Jordanian king (Herod the Great) served an Italian emperor (Caesar Augustus) to a people frustrated with waiting.But God knew exactlywhenandwhereandhowto send His Son to be our Savior!