John the Baptist & Herod Mark 6:17-20

17 For Herod himself had sent and laid hold of John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he had married her. 18 Because John had said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." 19 Therefore Herodias held it against him and wanted to kill him, but she could not; 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. Mark 6:17-20

Herod the Great’s Family Herod and His Ten Wives

Herod the Great’s Family Herod and His Ten Wives Herod AntipasPhilip Aristobulus Alexander

Herod the Great’s Family Herod and His Ten Wives Herod AntipasPhilip Aristobulus Alexander Agrippa I Acts 12 Agrippa II Acts 26 Archelaus Matt. 2:22

Herod the Great’s Family Herod and His Ten Wives Herodias Herod AntipasPhilip Aristobulus Alexander

Herod the Great’s Family Herod and His Ten Wives Herodias Herod AntipasPhilip Aristobulus Alexander

Herodias Herod Antipas Salome Philip Aristobulus Alexander Herod the Great’s Family Herod and His Ten Wives

Herod the Great’s Family Herod and His Ten Wives Herodias Herod Antipas Salome Philip Aristobulus Alexander

Herod the Great’s Family Herod and His Ten Wives Herodias Herod Antipas Salome Philip Aristobulus Alexander It is not lawful for you to have her (your brother Philip’s wife) Legal, but not Lawful

Herod the Great’s Family Herod and His Ten Wives Herodias Herod the TetrarchHerod Antipas Salome Philip Aristobulus Alexander

Truth Found in This Story

Impact of family on family values

Truth Found in This Story Impact of family on family values God created and governs marriage

Truth Found in This Story Impact of family on family values God created and governs marriage True divorce is more than paper

Truth Found in This Story Impact of family on family values God created and governs marriage True divorce is more than paper preaching (Eze. 33:32) Some evil people enjoy preaching (Eze. 33:32)

Truth Found in This Story Impact of family on family values God created and governs marriage True divorce is more than paper preaching (Eze. 33:32) Some evil people enjoy preaching (Eze. 33:32) “Doing things” is not repentance (Mk. 6:20)

Becoming Greater than John BelieveMark 16:16 RepentLuke 13:3 Confess FaithRom. 10:10 Be BaptizedActs 22:16 Added to His church, His body, His kingdom Be FaithfulRev. 2:10

First, he married Doris, by whom he had a son, Antipater, whom he murdered. Then he married Mariamne, the Hasmonean, by whom he had two sons, Alexander and Aristobulus, whom he also murdered. Herodias, the villainess of the present passage, was the daughter of this Aristobulus. Herod the Great then married another Mariamne, called the Boethusian. By her he had a son called Herod Philip. Herod Philip married Herodias, who was the daughter of his half-brother, Aristobulus, and who was therefore his own niece. By Herodias, Herod Philip had a daughter called Salome, who is the girl who danced before Herod of Galilee in our passage. Herod the Great then married Malthake, by whom he had two sons--Archelaus and Herod Antipas who is the Herod of our passage and the ruler of Galilee. The Herod Philip who married Herodias originally, and who was the father of Salome, inherited none of Herod the Great's dominions. He lived as a wealthy private citizen in Rome. Herod Antipas visited him in Rome. There he seduced Herodias and persuaded her to leave her husband and marry him. Note who Herodias was: (a) she was the daughter of his half-brother, Aristobulus, and therefore his niece; and (b) she was the wife of his half-brother Herod Philip, and therefore his sister-in-law. Previously Herod Antipas had been married to a daughter of the king of the Nabataeans, an Arabian country. She escaped to her father who invaded Herod's territory to avenge his daughter's honour and heavily defeated Herod. To complete this astounding picture Herod the Great finally married Cleopatra of Jerusalem, by whom he had a son called Philip the Tetrarch. This Philip married Salome who was at one and the same time (a) the daughter of Herod Philip, his half brother, and (b) the daughter of Herodias, who herself was the daughter of Aristobulus, another of his half brothers. Salome was therefore at one and the same time his niece and his grand-niece. If we put this in the form of a table it will be easier to follow. See the table below. John the Baptist John and His Greatness

Herod the Great’s Family Herod and His Ten Wives Herodias Herod the TetrarchHerod Antipas Salome Philip Aristobulus Alexander Agrippa I Acts 12 Agrippa II Acts 26