and is now beginning His journey to Jerusalem for the Passover and His crucifixion, a journey that will take Him through the region of Perea. Perea is the same region that only a year or two earlier John the Baptist had been imprisoned and later beheaded for speaking out on the subject of divorce and remarriage (Matthew 14:1-12). "About 29 AD Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee and Perea, visited his half brother Herod Philip on his way to Rome. As a result of this visit, Herod Antipas fell in love with Philip's wife Herodias who was also Herod Antipas' niece! Herodias agreed to divorce her husband and marry Antipas under the stip
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