Herod Antipas

Herod Antipas (died after 39 A.D.) was the son of Herod the Great by Malthace, who received the tetrarchy of Galilee and Perea after his father's death (Matt. 14:1; Luke 3:1). He is the Herod most prominent in the Gospels: he divorced his first wife to marry Herodias, his niece and sister-in-law (wife of his half-brother Philip), an action that John the Baptist condemned (Matt. 14:3–4; Mark 6:17–18; Luke 3:19). Herodias' daughter Salome danced at his birthday feast; Antipas' rash oath led to John's beheading (Matt. 14:6–11). Jesus called him "that fox" (Luke 13:32). Pilate sent Jesus to Antipas during the trial since Jesus was a Galilean; Antipas mocked him but found no fault (Luke 23:7–12). He was eventually banished to Gaul by the emperor Caligula.