Herodians

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The Herodians were a Jewish political group in the time of Jesus that supported the Herodian dynasty and cooperated with Roman rule.

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Herodians canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Jewish political group
New Testament group
alliedWith Pharisees
associatedWith Herodian administration
Herodian household
attestedIn Mark 12:13
Mark 3:6
Matthew 22:16
conflictWith early Jesus movement
cooperatedWith Roman authorities
Roman rule
culturalContext Second Temple Judaism
geographicArea Galilee
Judea
governanceView acceptance of Roman overlordship
historicalDebate identity and exact nature debated by scholars
historicalStatus group with uncertain detailed beliefs
languageContext Koine Greek New Testament
surface form: Greek New Testament
mentionedIn Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Matthew
nameInGreek Ἡρῳδιανοί
opposed Jesus
surface form: Jesus of Nazareth
opposedGroup anti-Roman Jewish nationalists
plottedAgainst Jesus
surface form: Jesus of Nazareth
politicalAlignment pro-Herodian
pro-Roman
regionRulerSupported Herod Antipas
Herod the Great
religiousCategory Jewish sect (disputed)
political faction within Judaism
religiousContext Judaism
roleInGospels questioners of Jesus about paying taxes to Caesar
socialRole elite supporters of Herodian court
sourceType primarily known from New Testament texts
stanceTowardMessiah likely favored Herodian claims
supported Herodian dynasty
Herodian dynasty
surface form: Herodian rulers
supportedPolicy Herodian client kingship under Rome
timePeriod 1st century CE
time of Jesus

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Zealots opposedJewishGroup Herodians