It was actually some time after Jesus had begun his work that Herod the tetrarch arrested John and cast him into prison because he had rebuked the profligate king for his impurity and his sin.
For I could in no wise perceive how we could redeem Israel and drive out the Tetrarch from Tiberias, and the Romans from Jerusalem, and set up the Kingdom of God, and all this by becoming as little children.
But what surety have we that the adulterous woman may not win the Tetrarch to write even such another letter to-morrow?
Howbeit Chuza took order that the letter should be stayed for that time, and won the Tetrarch from his purpose.
This Synorix Was Tetrarch here, and tyrant also--did Dishonour to our wives.
He should say this, that being Tetrarch once His own true people cast him from their doors Like a base coin.
Not that Herod was here to meet him at this time, for the tetrarch preferred the safekeeping of his Black Castle, Machærus, on the easterly side of the Sea of Death, which hath no waves and whereon the seabirds die.
At this time Herod, tetrarch of Galilee and loving to be called a king, was plotting to gain for himself the entire realm which had been ruled by his cruel father, Herod the Great.
The tetrarch was in the city at this season by reason of the Passover, although it was known that he was at enmity with Pontius the Spearman.
To this end he might require the removal by Cæsar of Pontius the Spearman from being procurator, and the destruction of his own brother, Herod Antipas, tetrarch of the lands northward of Galilee.
A tetrarch is he who has a fourth part of a kingdom.
At that season Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, and said unto his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore do these powers work in him.
Herod the tetrarch sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he had married her.
Balsamo saw, at once, the reason of this rejoicing; he saw the tetrarch of Judea seated upon a throne of ivory.
AT that time Herod the tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus.
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Juries, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John.
Even before Jesus had returned to Galilee after His baptism and the forty days of solitude in the wilderness, John the Baptist had been imprisoned by order of Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee and Perea.
The tetrarch had some regard for John, having found him to be a holy man; and many things had Herod done on the direct advice of the Baptist or because of the influence of the latter's general teaching.
Herod Antipas is distinctively called thetetrarch in Matt.
By the will of his father he became tetrarch of Galilee and Perea (Matt.
That night the palace of Herod the tetrarch resounded with music, and all the persons of rank or distinction in Jerusalem were among the guests.
What he had said, the tetrarch had said upon oath.
The Tetrarch threw his seal to the Administrator of Death.
The tetrarch appeared on a terrace, removing his ceremonial gloves.
The Tetrarch bulged in his cushions, as if she had already said something.
Now this Philip was brother to Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, and both were sons of Herod, called by the Jews the "Great.
Her sister was wife of Philip, tetrarch of Gaulonitis and Batanaea.
The tetrarch Philip, who governed the districts east of the Lake of Galilee and of the upper Jordan, was a better man than Antipas, and moreover had no cause to feel uneasy about Jesus.
Philip, who had been left in charge of Palestine pending the decision and had won the respect of Varus, became tetrarch of Batanaea, Trachonitis and Auranitis, with 100 talents.
Antipas becametetrarch of Galilee and Peraea, with a revenue of 200 talents.
The tetrarch and Herodias felt compelled to remain near at hand.
The tetrarch had already forgotten her presence, it appeared.
Next she began to whirl frantically around the table where Antipas the tetrarch was seated.
The tetrarchcalled again, louder than before: "Come to me!
The tetrarch swore that no treasure was hidden in that spot.
At the entrance to the castle the tetrarch was awaited by several Galileans, the master of the scribes, the chief of the land stewards, the manager of the salt mines, and a Jew from Babylon, commanding his troops of horse.
The tetrarch had no doubt whatever of the exactness of Phanuel's skill in astrology.
The tetrarch stammered in attempting to reply to the query of the proconsul.
Then the Pharisees, children of the proscribed tribes, partisans of Mattathias, accused the tetrarch of all the crimes committed by his family.
The tetrarch sank back in his chair as if stunned.
The tetrarch replied that there was no haste about the matter, and expressed his doubt that any real danger was to be feared from Iaokanann even affecting to laugh at the idea.
As the tetrarchapproached the group, he was greeted with respectful enthusiasm.
We may add that the dominions here seem to have been, geographically, a tangled mosaic; thus the tetrarch of Galilee and the Nabataean king fought about the territory of Gamala on the lake of Gennesaret (Josephus, Arch.
Pherores tetrarchof Peraea under his brother Herodes (Bell.
Again, it has been said that St. Luke erred in stating that Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene (iii.
Philip, tetrarchof Gaulonitis and Batanea, into whose dominions Jesus made frequent journeys, was a much better sovereign.
Herod the Great had constructed in the interior of the fortress a magnificent palace, where the tetrarch frequently resided.
His peaceful manners, and his remoteness from popular agitation, ultimately reassured the Tetrarch and dissipated the danger.
Herod's brother Philip (Tetrarch of Trachonitis and Gaulonitis) was not the son of Marianne, as the first husband of Herodias was, but the son of Cleopatra.
Josephus gives an account of the troubles that arose between Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee, and Aretas, king of Arabia Petrea.
