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    Archelaus

    Ἀρχέλαος

    Archelaus, son of Herod the Great, Ethnarch over Judea, causing Joseph to fear returning there with Mary and the child Jesus.

    verses
    1
    first named
    Matthew 2:22
    last named
    Matthew 2:22
    period
    the New Testament
    role
    Ethnarch

    Description

    Who was Archelaus?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Archelaus was the son of Herod the Great, who ruled as king over Judea at the time of Jesus' birth. After Herod's death, his kingdom was divided among his sons, with Archelaus receiving the rule over Judea, Samaria, and Idumea. However, Archelaus' reign was marked by cruelty and tyranny, leading to his eventual banishment by the Roman emperor.

    In the context of Jesus' early life, Archelaus is mentioned in Mat.2.22. After the visit of the magi and the family's flight to Egypt, Joseph was warned in a dream not to return to Judea because Archelaus was ruling there in place of his father Herod. Fearing for the child's safety, Joseph instead took Mary and Jesus to the region of Galilee, settling in Nazareth. This decision, guided by divine intervention, led to the fulfillment of the prophecy that the Messiah would be called a Nazarene.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

    How the graph connects Archelaus5 of 5 entities the graph connects to Archelaus, in 2 groups: kinship 4, events 1. Kinship, company and ground are stated relations; events counts the acts two entities stand in together and is not a relation. Each mark is sized by how many verses name that entity and labelled with the link and the count, so the grouping and the size are both readable without colour. Distance from the centre carries nothing.HerodSibling of · 24 versesHerodChild of · 1 event · 11 versesPhilipSibling of · 3 versesPhilipSibling of · 1 verseKinshipJudea1 event · 53 versesEventsArchelaus

    Child of

    Sibling of

    • Herodregistry, no verse
    • Philip — Tetrarchregistry, no verse
    • Philip — Manregistry, no verse

    Stands in the same events as

    Places

    Where this happens

    The places the claims about this person reach, drawn where the gazetteer locates them. A point is where a row puts them and never where tradition does; no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.

    Where the story of Archelaus happensThe one place the claims about Archelaus reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Judea. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Archelaus there. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Judea
    the New TestamentThe one place the claims about Archelaus reach

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — one, across 1 book.

    1. Matthew1 verse

      2:22

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Herod and PhilipHerodiasWife of Herod Antipas who had John beheaded.via HerodMagi’s arrivalMagi’s arrival is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via PhilipSalomeDanced for Herod, requested John the Baptist's executionvia HerodAddressee’s giving of John HeadAddressee’s giving of John Head is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via HerodHerod and Pilate’s conspiracy of JesusHerod and Pilate’s conspiracy of Jesus is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 4 pageable entities.via HerodHerod and Soldiers’ sending of JesusHerod and Soldiers’ sending of Jesus is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 3 pageable entities.via HerodHerod’s promise of SalomeHerod’s promise of Salome is an event attested across 2 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.

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