Herodias

Role: wife of Herod · First appears: Matthew 14

In Luke 3, John the Baptist reproved Herod the tetrarch for Herodias, who was Philip’s wife. In Mark 6, Herod the tetrarch had married her, and in Matthew 14 he imprisoned John the Baptist because John condemned the taking of Herodias, saying, “It is not lawful for thee to have her.”

At Herod the tetrarch’s birthday, Herodias requested John the Baptist’s head, and he ordered John beheaded in prison. Thus Herodias and John were enemies, while she was married to Philip and to Herod the tetrarch.

Relationship record

Herod imprisoned John because John condemned his taking Herodias, Philip’s wife.(Matthew 14)
- With: John the Baptist Philip
- “For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife. For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.”
Herod ordered John the Baptist beheaded after Herodias requested his head.(Matthew 14)
- With: John the Baptist
- “And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.”
Herod married Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.(Mark 6)
- With: Philip
- “For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.”

enemies with John the Baptist “And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.”
married with Philip “For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.”

enemies with John the Baptist “Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:”

with Herod the tetrarch (Herod reproved John concerning Herodias.) “But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife”

Extracted from the original text of The New Testament. Made with Rho MD.