Hi everyone. Welcome back to Logical Bible Study. This is the podcast, which is all about taking an

in-depth look of the text of scripture. So we're doing an exegesis of scripture. And in particular, we're

looking at the gospel reading that is read at today's Catholic Mass. And today we're going to look

at Luke chapter 9 verses 7 to 9. Herod the Tetraac had heard about all that was being done by

Jesus. And he was puzzled, because some

people were saying that John had risen from the dead, others that Elijah had reappeared,

still others that one of the ancient prophets had come back to life.

But Herod said, John, I beheaded him. So who is this I hear such reports about? And he was

anxious to see Jesus. So that's the end of our reading today. It's a bit of a lesser known one.

Let's start by thinking about the context. So Jesus has been doing healings and miracles all across

Galilee, which is sort of the northern agricultural part of Israel. And by now he's got quite a

reputation for himself. Verse 7, we're introduced to Herod the Tetrarch. So this is King Herod.

He's a Jew, or it's kind of a sort of Jew anyway.

Now, this is not the same Herod that ordered the Bethlehem boys to be killed.

It's a different King Herod that was around at the time of Jesus' birth.

That Herod has died.

So this Herod, called Herod the Tetrarch, is one of his sons.

So Herod the Great's son called Herod the Tetrarch, and his proper name is Herod Antipas. He rules over the area of Galilee and Perea. So he's king over the area

where Jesus is born. He's not king over Judea and Jerusalem, but he is king over Galilee, where Jesus was born and does both of his ministry.

And we know from history that Herod Antipas reigned from 4 BC until AD 39.

So that's all of Jesus' life, basically.

He is king of the Galilee area.

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