Herod the Tetrarch

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Herod the Tetrarch

Acts 13:1
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During Christ’s ministry Rome installed the tetrarch, Herod Antipas (Mt 14:1; Lk 23:5–7) to rule the territory. He was appointed to office when 17 years old. Sepphoris was his first capital, and about a.d. 22 he built Tiberias on the shore of the Sea of Galilee as his new capital, in honor of the emperor. More
Holloman, Henry W. “Galilee, Galileans.” Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible 1988 : 836. Print.

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