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{{stub}}'''King Herod Agrippa I''' ordered the beheading of [[James]] the Apostle.

{{stub}}'''King Herod Agrippa I''' ordered the beheading of [[James]] the Apostle.

King Herod Agrippa I was the grandson of Herod the Great, who had ordered the murder of infants in an attempt to kill baby Jesus in Matthew 2.  Herod Agrippa I was the nephew of Herod Antipas, who murdered John the Baptist (Mark 6) and examined Jesus on Good Friday (Luke 23).  Herod Agrippa I was also the father of Herod Agrippa II, who heard the defense of Paul before Festus in Acts 25. Herod's sister, Berenice, married the Roman emporer [[Titus]], who destroyed the [[Jew]]s in 70 AD.

King Herod Agrippa I was the grandson of [[Herod the Great]], who had ordered the murder of infants in an attempt to kill baby Jesus in Matthew 2.  Herod Agrippa I was the nephew of Herod Antipas, who murdered John the Baptist (Mark 6) and examined Jesus on Good Friday (Luke 23).  Herod Agrippa I was also the father of Herod Agrippa II, who heard the defense of Paul before Festus in Acts 25. Herod's sister, Berenice, married the Roman emporer [[Titus]], who destroyed the [[Jerusalem]] in 70 AD and ended the [[Jewish Revolt]].

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