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The
Herodians were a
sect or party mentioned in the
New Testament as having on two occasions--once in
Galilee, and again in
Jerusalem--manifested an unfriendly disposition towards
Jesus (; ; cf. also,, ).
In each of these cases their name is coupled with that of the
Pharisees. According to many interpreters the courtiers or soldiers of
Herod Antipas ("Milites Herodis,"
Jerome) are intended; but more probably the Herodians were a public political party, who distinguished themselves from the two great historical parties of post-exilian Judaism (Pharisees and
Sadducees) by the fact that they were and had been sincerely friendly to
Herod the Great, the
King of the Jews, and to his
dynasty (cf. such formations as "Caesariani," "Pompeiani").
It is possible that, to gain adherents, the Herodian party may have been in the habit of representing that the establishment of a
Herodian Dynasty would be favourable to the realization of the theocracy; and this in turn may account for
Tertullian's (
De praescr.) allegation that the Herodians regarded Herod himself as the
Messiah. The sect was called by the Rabbis
Boethusians as being friendly to the family of
Boethus, whose daughter
Mariamne was one of Herod the Great's wives.
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