Antipas
I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, [even] where
Satan's seat [is]: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not
denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas [was] my
faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan
dwelleth....
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(short for Antipatros) (before 20 BC – after 39 AD) was a
first century AD ruler of Galilee and Perea, who bore the
title of tetrarch ("ruler of a quarter"). He is best known
today for accounts in the New Testament of his role in
events that led to the executions of John the Baptist and
Jesus of Nazareth, and through their portrayal in modern ...
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is referred to in the Book of Revelation (Revelation 2:13) as
the "faithful martyr" of Pergamon. According to Christian
tradition, John the Apostle ordained Antipas as bishop of the
Pergamon during the reign of the Roman emperor Domitian. The
traditional account goes on to say Antipas was martyred in ca.
92 AD by burning in a brazen bull-shape...
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an'-ti-pas (Antipas): The name is an abbreviation of
Antipater: (1) A name of Herod "the tetrarch" (in Jos), son of
Herod the Great, the brother of Archelaus (Mt 14:1; Lk 3:1;
9:7; Acts 13:1). See HEROD. (2) A martyr of the church of
Pergamum, described as "my witness, my faithful one" (Rev
2:13)....
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(like the father), martyr at Pergamos, Re 2:13 and according
to tradition the bishop of that place. (A.D. before 100.)...
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(1.) Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great by his
Samaritan
wife Malthace. He was tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea
during the
whole period of our Lord's life on earth (Luke
23:7). He was a
frivolous and vain prince, and was chargeable with
many infamous
crimes (Mark 8:15; Luke 3:19; 13:31, 32). He
beheaded John the
Baptist (Matt. 14:1-12)...
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A martyr faithful unto death at Pergamos (Revelation 2:13). "I
know ... where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is" (the
idol AEsculapius was worshipped there under the serpent form);
"and thou holdest fast My name, and hast not denied My faith,
even in those days wherein Antipas was My faithful martyr, who
was slain among you, where Sata...
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