Antipas
Family: Herodian · Role: son of Herod · First appears: Book I, Chapter 28
In Book I, Chapter 28, Antipas is identified as a son of Herod, son of Antipater and Cypros, and Malthace, the Samaritan. In Chapter 32, Herod altered his testament and named Antipas king, but in Chapter 33 he changed it again after having Antipater slain: Archelaus, Antipas’s brother, became successor and Antipas was made tetrarch, while Philip inherited Trachonitis and the neighboring countries.
In Book II, Chapter 2, Antipas went to Rome to contest the kingdom with Archelaus, maintaining that the former testament naming him king was valid. Salome promised to assist him, he depended chiefly on Ireneus, and Sabinus supported him by letters that accused Archelaus before Augustus and commended Antipas. A few days afterward, Augustus divided Herod’s remaining kingdom into tetrarchies for Philip and Antipas, who received his position despite having contested the kingdom; later, in Chapter 17, Antipas is named among those of the king’s kindred associated with Agrippa.
Relationship record
Life events
- Herod altered his testament and made Antipas king.(Book I, Chapter 32)
- With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros)
- “and therein made Antipas king”
- Herod had Antipater slain and altered his testament, naming Archelaus successor and Antipas tetrarch.(Book I, Chapter 33)
- With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) Antipater (son of Herod and Doris) Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace)
- “hereupon the king cried out louder than his distemper would well bear, and immediately sent some of his guards and slew Antipater; he also gave order to have him buried at Hyrcanium, and altered his testament again”
- Herod’s testament made Archelaus king, Antipas tetrarch, and Philip heir of Trachonitis and neighboring countries.(Book I, Chapter 33 · 📍 Jericho)
- With: Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) Philip Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros)
- “wherein Philip was to inherit Trachonitis, and the neighboring countries, and Antipas was to be tetrarch, as we said before, and Archelaus was made king.”
- Antipas claimed that the former testament validly named him king.(Book II, Chapter 2 · 📍 Rome)
- “In the mean time, Antipas went also to Rome, to strive for the kingdom, and to insist that the former testament, wherein he was named to be king, was valid before the latter testament.”
- Caesar divided Herod's remaining kingdom into tetrarchies for Philip and Antipas.(Book II, Chapter 6)
- With: Augustus Philip (son of Herod and Cleopatra of Jerusalem)
- “But as to the other half, he divided it into two tetrarchies, and gave them to two other sons of Herod, the one of them to Philip, and the other to that Antipas who contested the kingdom with Archelaus.”
Book I, Chapter 28
- parent: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “Antipas also and Archelaus were by Malthace, the Samaritan”
- parent: Malthace “Antipas also and Archelaus were by Malthace, the Samaritan”
Book I, Chapter 32
- with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) (interaction) “he sent also for his testament, and altered it, and therein made Antipas king,”
Book I, Chapter 33
- parent: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “therein made Archelaus, his eldest son, and the brother of Antipas, his successor, and made Antipas tetrarch.”
- siblings with Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) “therein made Archelaus, his eldest son, and the brother of Antipas, his successor, and made Antipas tetrarch.”
Book II, Chapter 2
- siblings with Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) “because he was his elder brother”
- rivals with Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) “In the mean time, Antipas went also to Rome, to strive for the kingdom”
- with Salome (sister of Herod) (Salome supported Antipas's claim to the kingdom.) “Salome had also promised to assist him”
- with Ireneus (Antipas relied chiefly on Ireneus.) “Antipas depended chiefly upon Ireneus, the orator”
- with Sabinus (interaction) “Sabinus did also afford these his assistance to the same purpose by letters he sent, wherein he accused Archelaus before Caesar, and highly commended Antipas”
Book II, Chapter 6
- parent: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “But as to the other half, he divided it into two tetrarchies, and gave them to two other sons of Herod, the one of them to Philip, and the other to that Antipas who contested the kingdom with Archelaus”
- rivals with Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) “the other to that Antipas who contested the kingdom with Archelaus”
- with Augustus (interaction) “he divided it into two tetrarchies, and gave them to two other sons of Herod, the one of them to Philip, and the other to that Antipas who contested the kingdom with Archelaus”
Book II, Chapter 17
- with Agrippa (the present king) (They were kindred of Agrippa.) “and others to Agrippa, among whom the most eminent were Saul, and Antipas, and Costobarus, who were of the king's kindred”
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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.