top of page
Writer's pictureMarcos

Setting the Stage

Updated: May 9, 2023

Some musings on Herodias. The gal who played around with her brother-in-law. Seems like maybe she was a good mom, she had a daughter involved in extracurricular activities. Dance class for sure. Maybe fine arts—silver platters and things. I don’t think, however, that Mom had much interest in anger management, or wisdom.


She was a granddaughter of Herod the Great, who, despite the name, was really not-so-great. He was the one who thought the wise men were nasty wise guys, suggesting that a new king had been born somewhere within his greedy reach. So, he had a little preview of Roe v. Wade take place in Bethlehem.


But he was not partial to baby Jews, he was pretty much willing to put a dagger into anyone who might rub him the wrong way. Amongst the family members he chopped up was his own son, Aristobulus IV, Herodias’ daddy.


When the non-great died, the territory he ruled was divvied up amongst four of his kids, (four of the ones he had not killed). These siblings did not have a good solid father image, thus they had a bad case of like father, like son.


Getting back to Herodias, though, she seemed to have a thing with uncles.

4 views

Recent Posts

See All

Holey hands

It’s me again. After a week away, to Minnesota, for the funeral of a dear sister-in-law. I took no laptop along, called it DETOX.   Been...

10 points

Paul shares with the Colossians how he prays for them   It is not “Oh, God, by the way, please bless the Colossians.” It starts off with...

Epa

Epa In Venezuelan Spanish Epa kind of means “Hey.”   I’ll shout out a “Hey” to Paul’s buddy Epaphras who was the Gentile church planter...

bottom of page