JUDEA HEROD AGRIPPA 1The Great King of the Jews,37-44AD Persecutor of Christians

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King Herod Agrippa I
The First Villains of the Gospels
The Kings Who Would Kill Christ
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With the exception of Judas of Iscariot, no figure in the Christian Gospels is as antithetical to the
teachings of Jesus as King Herod. “Herod” is not just one person; the Bible uses the name
interchangeably to indicate any of the kings who ruled the Holy Land from 40 BC to 92 AD. The
Herods were all Roman client kings—Herod I was installed in Judaea by his friend Mark
Antony—and their supporters, known in the Bible as the Herodians, were loyal to Rome above
all. The first mention of them in the Gospels is Mark 3:6: “Then the Pharisees went out and
began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.”
A collection of three genuine two-thousand-year-old coins issued in the Holy Land by the
infamous dynasty that sought to destroy the Son of God.
Agrippa I
also called the Great (10 BC - 44
AD
),
King of the Jews
, was the grandson of
Herod the Great
, and son of
Aristobulus IV
and
Berenice
. His original name was
Marcus Julius Agrippa
, and he is the king named Herod in the
Acts of the Apostles
, in the
Bible
, "Herod (Agrippa)" (???d?? ????ppa?). He was, according to
Josephus
,
known in his time as "Agrippa the Great".
(born
c.
10 BC — died AD 44) King of
Judaea
(AD 41 – 44). Grandson of
Herod
the Great and nephew of
Herod Antipas
, he became friends in Rome with the emperor
Tiberius
and
Caligula
. Caligula made him king of his uncle's realm in northeastern Palestine and of Galilee, and after Caligula's death Herod's support of
Claudius
earned him the kingdom of Judaea, where he won the support of the Jews and repressed Jewish Christians. He built public buildings in Beirut and hosted games at Caesarea to honor Claudius. He died suddenly during the games.
Account in the New Testament
"King Herod", mentioned in the
Bible
's
Acts of the Apostles
,
[7]
is often identified as the same person as King Agrippa I. The identification is based on the description of his death, which is sufficiently reminiscent to Agrippa's death in Josephus' work, although Josephus does not verify the Bible's claims that "an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died." The fact that the Bible knows the king by a different name led apologetic Bible historians to rename him as "Herod Agrippa". However, it must be noted that "Herod" was the name of
Agrippa's brother
, King of Chalcis and High Priest of
Jerusalem
, so the king described in the Bible may as well be an amalgam of several different royals.
Description of King Herod as a cruel, godless king that persecuted the Jerusalem church, had
James son of Zebedee
killed and imprisoned
Peter
, is in stark contrast with the Josephus account.
Herod Antipas
, uncle and predecessor to Agrippa I, is the Herod mentioned in the New Testament that played a role in events that led to the execution of
Jesus
and that authorized
John the Baptist
's execution.
Herod I
is one of the Bible’s most complex figures. A brilliant politician and the greatest builder
in Jewish history, he was also a paranoid madman who ruthlessly executed anyone he deemed a
threat to his absolute power, whether legitimate rivals, family members, or innocent babies.
Crowned King of the Jews by the Roman Senate, Herod ruled from 40 BC until his diseaseridden
death 36 years later. A prodigious builder, Herod expanded the Second Temple in
Jerusalem, of which only the famed Western Wall remains. He constructed fortresses at Masada,
Antonia, and Herodium; the port city of Caesarea; the huge edifice atop the Cave of the
Patriarchs in Hebron; and massive fortifications around Jerusalem, as well as three towers at the
city’s entrance.
When Herod was in his 70s, he was visited by “wise men from the East” who came in search of
the Messiah—the King of the Jews. Fearful of a coup, Herod divined from his priests that this
Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, as prophesized in Micah 5:2. As a precautionary measure,
he ordered the so-called “Massacre of the Innocents,” in which all male children in the
Bethlehem area under the age of two were put to death. This was both brutal and unsuccessful, as
Mary and Joseph secreted the infant Jesus to Egypt for safety, only returning after Herod’s death.
Modern historians are divided on what illness claimed Herod’s life. Some suggest chronic kidney
disease and Fournier’s gangrene, others scabies. What we do know is that the king suffered
horribly. Colloquially, the malady that killed him is known as Herod’s Evil.
Herod I the Great 37-4
th
BC
Country- Judea
Year of issue- 37-4
th
BC
Ruler- Herod I the Great
Denomination- Prutah
Material- Bronze
Weight- 1.2-1.9 g
Diameter- 12-13.5 mm
Thickness- 1.5-1.8 mm
Obverse- Anchor
Reverse- Dbl. cornucopia
Herod Archelaus
was next in line, ruling Judaea until 6 AD. Matthew 2:13-23 reports that
Joseph of Arimethea, who had fled with his wife Mary and the baby Jesus to Egypt to escape the
Massacre of the Innocents, was told by an angel to return to Israel after the death of Herod I.
Upon hearing that Archelaus was the new king—he had a well-deserved reputation for cruelty
and bloodlust—Joseph “was afraid to go thither” and was subsequently instructed to go to
Galilee. This explains why Jesus was born in Bethlehem but grew up in Nazareth. Herod
Archelaus was deposed by order of Roman Emperor Caligula in 6 AD and banished to Gaul.
Herod Archelaus 23
rd
BC -18
th AD
Country- Judea
Year of issue- 23 BCE- 18
th
AD
Ruler- Herod Archelaus
Denomination- Prutah
Material- Bronze
Weight- 0.8-1.8 g
Diameter- 12-14.5 mm
Thickness- 1.4-2 mm
Obverse-
Helmet / 2. Bow of ship
Reverse-
Grapes / 2. Laurel wreath
The coin you will receive below;
Herod Agrippa I - 37-44
AD
Country- Judea
Year of issue- 37-44
AD
Ruler- Herod Agrippa I
Denomination- Prutah
Material- Bronze
Weight- 1.5-2.7 g
Diameter- 16.5-18.5 mm
Thickness- 1.5-2.2 mm
Obverse- Umbrella & inscription
Reverse- 3 Barley ears-w/ date
The third King Herod,
Herod Agrippa
, was Herod the Great’s grandson. He was friends with the
dreaded Roman Emperor Caligula, and it was Agrippa who ordered the death of James, son of
Zebedee—the first Apostle to be martyred. At Caesarea in 44 AD, while presiding over public
games, an owl appeared over Agrippa’s head. He immediately keeled over; suffering from severe
abdominal pains, and was dead five days later. Acts 12 explains that he was struck down by God for
accepting the hollow praise of sycophants, and eaten by worms.
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