Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.
- Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great by his Samaritan wife Malthace. He was tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea during the whole period of our Lord's life on earth (Lk. 23:7). He was a frivolous and vain prince, and was chargeable with many infamous crimes (Mk. 8:15; Lk. 3:19, 13:31, 32). He beheaded John the Baptist (Mt. 14:1-12) at the instigation of Herodias, the wife of his half-brother Herod-Philip, whom he had married. Pilate sent Christ to him when he was at Jerusalem at the Passover (Lk. 23:7). He asked some idle questions of him, and after causing him to be mocked, sent him back again to Pilate. The wife of Chuza, his house-steward, was one of our Lord's disciples (Lk. 8:3).
- A "faithful martyr" (Rev. 2:13), of whom nothing more is certainly known.