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Herod the tetrarch and Jesus Christ
How Herod the tetrarch and Jesus Christ are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Herod the tetrarch and Jesus Christ met.
Herod had long wanted to see Jesus work a miracle. When Pilate sent Jesus to him, Jesus answered him nothing, and Herod mocked him and sent him back.
he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him
Luke 23:8, King James Version
he answered him nothing
Luke 23:9, King James Version
Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him
Luke 23:11, King James Version
Where they cross: Luke 23:7-11
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Luke 23:7-11
7And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
8And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
9Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.
10And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
11And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
King James Version