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- noun Plural form of
Herodian .
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Bede: Or else he calls Herodians the servants of Herod the Tetrarch, who on account of the hatred which their lord had for John, pursued with treachery and hate the Saviour also, Whom John preached.
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark 1225?-1274 1842
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These, and such as these, I suppose were called Herodians, who partly got into the court, and partly were of the faction both of the father and son.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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Herodians, that is to say, courtiers: but these here mentioned were of a more inferior sort.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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Some are of opinion that there was a sect among the Jews called Herodians, from their maintaining that Herod was the Messias.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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Some are of opinion that there was a sect among the Jews called Herodians, from their maintaining that Herod was the Messias.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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Some are of opinion that there was a sect among the Jews called Herodians, from their maintaining that Herod was the Messias.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision
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On the other hand, the extreme faction of the Sadducees, known as the Herodians, was in sympathy with the foreign rulers and pagan culture, and even looked forward to
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Pharisees in mockery called Herodians, because they paid tribute to the
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842
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The Pharisees therefore send their disciples with the Herodians, that is, with Herod's soldiers, or those whom the
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842
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Theophylact: He means by leaven their hurtful and corrupt doctrine, full of the old malice, for the Herodians were the teachers, who said that Herod was the Christ.
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark 1225?-1274 1842
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