Verse 1 Herod. This was Herod Agrippa, grandson of the old king, and nephew to Herod Antipas, who caused John the Baptist to be beheaded, and who took a part in the trial of Jesus Christ. During the life of Christ, Judea was under Roman governors; but it had been again erected into a kingdom, and, with several other neighboring countries, placed under the sway of this representative of the Herod family.