Herod Antipas and the Herodians

Why John was killed. Mark says John told Herod the marriage was unlawful and Herodias wanted him dead. Josephus says Herod feared John's influence "might put it into his power and inclination to raise a rebellion" and killed him first. Keener holds that John's criticism was moral but politically sensitive. Wright argues that John's charge struck at Herod's ambition to be accepted as the true king of the Jews. Garland holds that Josephus's political reason and Mark's account of Herodias's grudge do not contradict each other.

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• {"u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/ancient-world-passages\/matthew-14-1-12\/","n":"Matthew 14:1-12, John beheaded at a birthday feast","s":"Herod the tetrarch hears about Jesus and thinks John has risen. Matthew tells how Herod, bound by an oath at his birthday, had John beheaded.","r":"Matthew 14:1-12"}
• {"u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/ancient-world-passages\/matthew-22-15-22\/","n":"Matthew 22:15-22, Caesar's coin","s":"Pharisees and Herodians ask Jesus whether it is lawful to pay the poll tax to Caesar. He asks for the coin, asks whose image is on it, and tells them to give Caesar and God what is theirs.","r":"Matthew 22:15-22"}
• {"u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/ancient-world-passages\/mark-2-23-3-6\/","n":"Mark 2:23-3:6, Grain and a withered hand on the Sabbath","s":"Jesus defends his disciples for picking grain on the Sabbath, heals a man's hand in the synagogue, and the Pharisees start plotting with the Herodians.","r":"Mark 2:23-3:6"}
• {"u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/ancient-world-passages\/mark-6-14-29\/","n":"Mark 6:14-29, Herod's banquet and John's death","s":"Herod hears of Jesus and thinks John has risen. Mark then tells how Herod, at his birthday banquet, had John beheaded.","r":"Mark 6:14-29"}
• {"u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/ancient-world-passages\/mark-12-13-17\/","n":"Mark 12:13-17, The coin with Caesar's face","s":"Pharisees and Herodians ask whether it is right to pay tax to Caesar. Jesus asks for a coin and asks whose image is on it.","r":"Mark 12:13-17"}
• {"u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/ancient-world-passages\/luke-3-1-20\/","n":"Luke 3:1-20, John's answers for toll men and soldiers","s":"In the fifteenth year of Tiberius, John preaches repentance around the Jordan. He tells the crowds to share, tax collectors to take no more than is set, and soldiers not to extort, and Herod Antipas shuts him in prison.","r":"Luke 3:1-20"}
• {"u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/ancient-world-passages\/luke-8-1-3\/","n":"Luke 8:1-3, Women who paid the bills","s":"As Jesus travels from town to town with the Twelve, women he has healed travel with them, among them Joanna, wife of Herod's household manager, and they support the group from their own means.","r":"Luke 8:1-3"}
• {"u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/ancient-world-passages\/luke-13-22-35\/","n":"Luke 13:22-35, The narrow door, the feast, the fox and the hen","s":"On the way to Jerusalem Jesus warns that many will find the door shut while people from east and west recline at the feast in God's kingdom. Warned that Herod wants to kill him, he calls Herod a fox and grieves over Jerusalem.","r":"Luke 13:22-35"}
• {"u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/ancient-world-passages\/luke-23-1-25\/","n":"Luke 23:1-25, Before Pilate, before Antipas, and Barabbas","s":"The council brings Jesus to Pilate charged with forbidding tribute and claiming to be a king. Pilate sends him to Herod Antipas, who mocks him, and in the end Pilate gives in to the crowd and releases Barabbas.","r":"Luke 23:1-25"}