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Herod Ἡρώδης
A Tetrarch. Herod Agrippa I was a king who persecuted the early church, killing James and imprisoning Peter.
Family
Where Herod appears
Acts (6)
Key verses
- Acts 12:1 first mention — Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
- Acts 12:6 — And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
- Acts 12:11 — And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
- Acts 12:19 — And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and there abode.
- Acts 12:20 — And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king’s chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king’s country.
- Acts 12:21 — And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.