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Jan 4, 2022 · The Herodians held political power, and most scholars believe that they were a political party that supported King Herod Antipas, the Roman Empire’s ruler over much of the land of the Jews from 4 B.C. to A.D. 39.
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Herodian, one of a party of influential Jewish supporters of the Herodian dynasty (c. 55 bc – c. ad 93), which ruled in all or parts of Palestine and neighbouring areas. Noted in the New Testament as opponents of Jesus, they probably were not a political party or a religious sect.
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The Herodians (Greek: Ἡρώδειοι; Latin: Herodiani) were a sect of Hellenistic Jews mentioned in the New Testament on two occasions – first in Galilee, and later in Jerusalem – being hostile to Jesus (Mark 3:6, 12:13; Matthew 22:16; cf. also Mark 8:15, Luke 13:31–32, Acts 4:27).
- The Earliest Conspiracy
- Entrapment
- Dedicated Opposition
Jesus, early in his ministry (around mid-April to early summer in 28 A.D.), attended a synagogue on the Sabbath where he healed a man's withered hand. The Pharisees who saw the miracle believed Jesus broke the Sabbath because they considered the healing "work." Jesus' trespass of their man-made rules (not God's law) motivated their hard hearts to s...
It is Sunday, April 2 in 30 A.D., just a few days before Jesus' crucifixion. It is the last day Jewish religious leaders will attempt to directly confront the Lord in the hope they might catch him saying something worthy of death. The Pharisees decide to send their disciples to Jesus, with a group of Herodians, in the hope they can entrap him in hi...
Why were the Herodians, who were not a religious group, so vehemently against Jesus? One Biblical commentary attempts to answer this question by stating the following. The Pharisees wanted Jesus to prove he was the Messiah by giving them a sign or performing a great miracle (Matthew 12:38 - 40, 16:1 - 4). Herod, who saw Jesus after his arrest, also...
Jan 7, 2018 · The Herodians were not a religious sect like the Pharisees or Sadducees but rather a political group. They were loyal to the Herodian dynasty and, by extension, to the Roman authorities who empowered the Herods to rule.
One of these was the Herodians, a group that supported the Roman leader, King Herod Antipas, who reigned from 4 BC to AD 39. The Herodians were known for their desire to submit to Herod and his rule in exchange for political favor and peace.
The Herodians in the gospel accounts first appear in Galilee where they joined with the Pharisees against Jesus to attempt to destroy Him (Mark 3:6; cf. Matt 12:14, which omits them). The politically minded Herodians would be interested with the ecclesiastical Pharisees in preserving the status quo.
