Herod Antipas
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Two Gospels, Two Missions: The Saying That Separated the Jesuses
John the Baptist sent messengers from prison. He’d been arrested by Herod Antipas for publicly condemning the tetrarch’s marriage to his brother’s wife, and he was waiting out his time in the fortress of Machaerus east of the Dead Sea,… Continue reading
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CHUZA’S CHOICE: The Parable Behind the Parable
Luke mentions Joanna almost in passing. She appears in a list of women who traveled with Jesus and supported his movement financially, tucked between Mary Magdalene and a woman named Susanna: “Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s household manager” (Luke… Continue reading
