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    2 others in the registry answer to the name Herod. Every Herod in the Bible

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    Herod

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    Herod Agrippa I was a king who persecuted the early church, killing James and imprisoning Peter.

    verses
    6
    first named
    Acts 12:1
    last named
    Acts 12:23
    period
    the New Testament
    tribe
    Canaan

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    Who was Herod?

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Herod Agrippa I was the grandson of Herod the Great and ruled as king over Judea, Samaria, and other regions from 41 to 44 AD. In the book of Acts, he is portrayed as a persecutor of the early Christian church. Herod Agrippa I had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword (Act.12.1-2). Seeing that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter as well, intending to bring him out for public trial after the Passover (Act.12.3-4). However, an angel miraculously freed Peter from prison (Act.12.6-11). When Herod Agrippa I discovered Peter's escape, he had the guards executed (Act.12.19). Later, Herod Agrippa I was involved in a dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon (Act.12.20). On the appointed day, he delivered a public address to them, and the people shouted, "This is the voice of a god, not of a man!" (Act.12.21-22). Immediately, an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died (Act.12.23). (Act.12.1-23).

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    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 Herod10 of 17 entities the graph connects to Herod, in 2 groups: kinship 1, events 9. 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.AgrippaFather of · 12 versesKinshipJudah1 event · 1,023 versesSword1 event · 254 versesPeter6 events · 179 versesPassover1 event · 73 versesBringing Out1 event · 72 versesJudea1 event · 53 versesJames1 event · 19 versesCaesarea2 events · 15 versesExecution1 event · 11 versesEventsHerod

    The 10 best-attested of 17 are drawn. All 17 are listed below.

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    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 Herod happensAll 2 places the claims about Herod reach, on a map of the world the text moves through, framed to them: Caesarea, Judea. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer, sized by how many rows put Herod 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.CaesareaJudea
    the New TestamentAll 2 places the claims about Herod reach

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    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 6, across 1 book.

    1. Acts6 verses

      12:112:612:1112:1912:2012:21

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    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 Bringing Out and Herod’s seizure of Peter, and 2 morePeterApostle of Jesus, leader in the early churchvia AgrippaPaul’s defense of AccusationsPaul’s defense of Accusations is an event attested across 3 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.via Herod’s imprisonment of PeterImprisonmentImprisonment is a concept gathering 12 labelled instances in the text.via Herod Bringing OutPassoverAn annual Jewish feast commemorating the Exodusvia Peter’s rescue of PeterRescueRescue is a concept gathering 33 labelled instances in the text.via Herod’s seizure of PeterSeizureSeizure is a concept gathering 17 labelled instances in the text.via Herod’s execution of JamesExecutionExecution is a concept gathering 7 labelled instances in the text.via HerodiasHerodTetrarch of Galilee during Jesus' ministry.via Herod’s execution of JamesJamesSon of Zebedee, one of the Twelve Apostles

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