Herod Antipas

American  

[an-ti-pas] / ˈæn tɪˌpæs /

noun

1. died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.

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Herod Antipas British  

/ ˈæntɪˌpæs /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great by the Samaritan Malthace, and full brother of Archelaus, received as his share of his father’s dominions the provinces of Galilee and Peraea, with the title of tetrarch.

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The prisoner was called Jesus of Nazareth; Nazareth was in Galilee; and Herod Antipas, the tetrarch of Galilee, was at that moment in Jerusalem.

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In Galilee our Lord had dwelt from childhood, and as a resident in that province, He was subject to the authority of Herod Antipas, appointed by the Romans to be king of Galilee.

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About the same time that Pilate was deprived of his office, Herod Antipas was also deprived of his.

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Herod Antipas, the second son of Herod the Great, was the tetrarch, or governor of Galilee, who put John the Baptist to death, and who, with his men of war, mocked and ill treated our blessed Lord, Who was sent to him by Pilate.

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