King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, "John the Baptist has been raised ...

Since God would send prophets to a rebellious people, Israel, to a nation that has rebelled against him (Ez 2:4), the life of a prophet was never an easy one. In condemning corruption and oppression, ...

Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s sermon on January 21, in which she appealed to President Donald Trump to have mercy toward groups frightened by his position on immigrants and LGBTQ+ ...

But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men ...

Researchers took samples from the tooth in 2016. The results, not widely disseminated, showed it was from someone in the 5th ...

PEREA (Trans-Jordan) - region "across" the Jordan river from Judea; also ruled by Herod Antipas, 4 BCE - 39 CE IDUMEA - the region south of Judea, conquered by the Maccabean Jews in the 2nd cent.

Although the city isn’t mentioned in the Gospels, an ambitious building campaign fueled by Galilee’s ruler, Herod Antipas, would have attracted skilled workers from all the surrounding villages.

Herod Antipas (also referred to as Herod the tetrarch) was the son of Herod the Great who ruled over Galilee. He was the one who had John the Baptist murdered (Matthew 14) and whom Jesus was sent to ...