Herod Antipas

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Herod An·ti·pas (

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s) Died c. a.d. 40.

Ruler of Judea and tetrarch in Galilee (4 b.c.-a.d. 40). His marriage to his niece Herodias was denounced by John the Baptist, who was beheaded at the urging of Salome, the daughter of Herodias. It was to Herod Antipas that Pontius Pilate sent Jesus for judgment.

Herod Antipas [ˈæntɪˌpæs]

(Biographies / Herod Antipas (death date: ?40) M, Judaean, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) died ?40 ad, tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea (4 bc-40 ad); son of Herod the Great. At the instigation of his wife Herodias, he ordered the execution of John the Baptist

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