I See also:

• HEROD
• HEROD (surnamed THE GREAT)

HEROD See also:

• AGRIPPA
• I HEROD AGRIPPA
• AGRIPPA, HEROD, II
• AGRIPPA, MARCUS VIPSANIUS

AGRIPPA  . (c . 10 B.C.—A.D . 44), See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Judea, the son of See also:

• ARISTOBULUS

Aristobulus and See also:

• BERENICE
• BERENICE, or BERNICE

Berenice, and See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of See also:

• HEROD
• HEROD (surnamed THE GREAT)

Herod the See also:

• GREAT

Great, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about to B.C . His See also:

• ORIGINAL

original name was See also:

• MARCUS

Marcus See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• AGRIPPA
• AGRIPPA, HEROD, I
• AGRIPPA, HEROD, II
• AGRIPPA, MARCUS VIPSANIUS

Agrippa . See also:

• JOSEPHUS, FLAVIUS (c. 37-C. 95?)

Josephus informs us that, after the See also:

• MURDER

murder of his See also:

• FATHER

father, Herod the Great sent him to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome to the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of Tiberius, who conceived a great See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection for him, and placed him near his son See also:

• DRUSUS, MARCUS LIVIUS
• DRUSUS, NERO1 CLAUDIUS (38–9 B.C.)

Drusus, whose favour he very soon won . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of Drusus, Agrippa, who had been recklessly extravagant, was obliged to leave Rome, overwhelmed with See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt . After a brief seclusion, Herod the See also:

• TETRARCH (TETp&pX1)S)

Tetrarch, his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle, who had married Herodias, his See also:

• SISTER

sister, made him Agoranomos (Overseer of Markets) of See also:

• TIBERIAS

Tiberias, and presented him with a large sum of See also:

• MONEY

money; but his uncle being unwilling to continue his support, Agrippa See also:

• LEFT

left Judea for See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch and soon after returned to Rome, where he was welcomed by Tiberius and became the See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant campanion of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• GAIUS

Gaius (Caligula), then a popular favourite . Agrippa being one See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day overheard by See also:

• EUTYCHES (c. 380-c. 456)

Eutyches, a slave whom he had made See also:

• FREE

free, to See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express a wish for Tiberius' death and the See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

advancement of Gaius, was betrayed to the emperor and See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast into See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison . In A.D . 37 Caligula, having ascended the See also:

• THRONE

throne, heaped See also:

• WEALTH

wealth and favours upon Agrippa, set a royal diadem upon his See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head and gave him the tetrarchy of Batanaea and Trachonitis, which See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip, the See also:

• SOIL

soil of Herod the Great, had formerly possessed . To this he added that held by See also:

• LYSANIAS

Lysanias; and Agrippa returned very soon into Judea to take See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of his new See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom .

In A.D . 39 he returned to Rome and brought about the banishment of Herod Antipas, to whose tetrarchy he succeeded . On the assp.ssination of Caligula (A.D . 41) Agrippa contributed much by his See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice to maintain See also:

• CLAUDIUS
• CLAUDIUS [TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS DRUSUS NERO GERMANICUS]
• CLAUDIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• CLAUDIUS, MATTHIAS (174o-1815)

Claudius in possession of the imperial dignity, while he made a show of being in the See also:

• INTEREST

interest of the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate . The emperor, in See also:

• ACKNOWLEDGMENT (from the old acknow, a compound of on- and know, to know by the senses, which passed through the forms oknow, aknow and acknow; acknowledge is formed on analogy of " knowledge ")

acknowledgment, gave him the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of Judea, while the kingdom of See also:

• CHALCIS

Chalcis in See also:

• LEBANON
• LEBANON (from Semitic laban, " to be white," or " whitish," probably referring not to snow, but to the bare white walls ofchalk or limestone which form the characteristic feature of the whole range)

Lebanon was at his See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request given to his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Herod . Thus Agrippa became one of the greatest princesof the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, the territory he possessed equalling in extent that held by Herod the Great . He returned to Judea and governed it to the great See also:

• SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction of the See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews . His zeal, private and public, for Judaism is celebrated by Josephus and the rabbis; and the narrative of Acts xii. gives a typical example of it . About the feast of the See also:

• PASSOVER

Passover A.D . 44, See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder, the son of Zebedee and brother of See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John the evangelist, was seized by his See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order and put to death . He proceeded also to See also:

• LAY

lay hands on See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter and imprisoned him . After the Passover he went to Caesarea, where he had See also:

• GAMES, CLASSICAL

games performed in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of Claudius, and the inhabitants of See also:

• TYRE (Phoen. and Hebr. =" rock," Assyr. S'urru, Egypt. Dara, Early Lat. Sarra)

Tyre and See also:

• SIDON (Phoen. ins, Hebrew 1-rs, Assyr. Sidunnu, Egypt. Diduna)

Sidon waited on him to See also:

• SUE, EUGENE [JosEPH MARIE] (1804—1857)

sue for See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace .

According to the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story in Acts xii., Agrippa, gorgeously arrayed, received them in the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, and addressed them from a throne, while the See also:

• AUDIENCE (from Lat. audire, to hear)

audience cried out that his was the See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice of a See also:

• GOD

god . But " the See also:

• ANGEL

angel of the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord smote him," and shortly afterwards he died " eaten of See also:

• WORMS

worms." The story in Acts differs slightly from that in Josephus, who describes how in the midst of his elation he saw an See also:

• OWL (O. Eng. Ule, Swed. Uggla, Ger. Eule—all allied to Lat. Ulula, and evidently of imitative origin)

owl perched over his head . During his confinement by Tiberius a like See also:

• OMEN (a Latin word, either connected with os, mouth, or more probably with auris (Gr. ois, ear; apparently, meaning " a thing heard " or " spoken ")

omen had been interpreted as portending his speedy See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release, with the warning that should he behold the same sight again he would See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die within five days . He was immediately smitten with violent pains, and after a few days died . Josephus says nothing of his being " eaten of worms," but the discrepancies between the two stories are of slight moment . A third See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account omits all the apocryphal elements in the story and says that Agrippa was assassinated by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, who objected to his growing See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . See articles in Ency, Bibl . (W . J . Woodhouse), Jewish Ency . (M . Brann), with further references; N .

S . Libowitz, Herod and Agrippa (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, and ed., 1898) ; Gratz, Geschichte d . Juden, iii . 318-361 .