Herod Antipas
225Suffered Under Pontius Pilate
15 Sep 2025
32:47¶ 101
“This is one more evidence of God’s sense of humor. Herod is Idumean, he’s descended from Esau. Whereas Jesus will speak to Pilate, who…”
33:16¶ 102
“He is the one who executed John the Baptist. He is fascinated by weird people. He imprisoned John but then listened to him and…”
33:55¶ 103
“As we read through the gospels there’s a weird back and forth. Sometimes Herod simply seems, as here, like he wants to meet Jesus…”
217The Early Days of Christ's Ministry
26 May 2025
48:17¶ 155
“Again as we move through the gospels there is real change going on. It’s not a static “every scene is like the one before.”…”
48:55¶ 156
“Whereas Herod was inclined to listen to the holy religious men because he thought such people were interesting, Herodias, the woman in question, was…”
215The Life of John the Baptizer
21 Apr 2025
35:13¶ 117
“I’m guessing we’re probably slipping toward the end of our time so we should probably fast forward. At some point John catches the attention…”
35:57¶ 118
“Unfortunately for Herod, John kept saying things like, “You need to clean up your moral act. You need to stop sinning. Here are some…”
36:15¶ 119
“Herod had arranged for a divorce. He arranged for his brother Philip’s wife to divorce Philip and marry Herod. That’s called incest, divorce, adultery,…”
102The King as Priest
24 Jan 2022
3:52¶ 13
“Yeah, this happens more than once. He would like to hear from Samuel. A funny thing – religious people like to hear religious words…”
4:17¶ 14
“He didn’t let John go. He did execute him eventually, but he was religious. Religion can be exciting and thrilling and inspiring, and it’s…”