Herod the tetrarch
Family: Roman · Role: tetrarch · First appears: Luke 3
In Luke 3, Herod the tetrarch was tetrarch of Galilee, while his brother Philip was tetrarch of Ituraea. He was reproved by John the Baptist for Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, and for the evils he had done; “Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.”
By Luke 9, Herod had beheaded John the Baptist and asked, “but who is this, of whom I hear such things?” He desired to see Jesus. In Acts 13, Manaen is described as having been brought up with Herod the tetrarch.
Relationship record
Life events
- Herod imprisoned John after John reproved him for Herodias and his other evils.(Luke 3)
- With: John the Baptist
- “But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.”
Luke 3
- siblings with Philip “Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea”
- with Herodias (Herod reproved John concerning Herodias.) “But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife”
- with John the Baptist (Herod imprisoned John.) “Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.”
- with John the Baptist (interaction) “Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife”
Luke 9
- slain: John the Baptist (Herod states that he had John beheaded.) “And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things?”
- with Jesus (Herod desired to see Jesus.) “And he desired to see him.”
Acts 13
- with Manaen (Manaen was brought up with Herod.) “Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch”
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Extracted from the original text of The New Testament. Made with Rho MD.