A is Agrippa
A is Agrippa, of the Herod bunch. Eaten by worms, he made a tasty lunch. Portia: It is difficult to keep track of all the Herods in the Bible. There is Herod the Great, who sought to destroy young Jesus and instead “killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under” (Matthew 2:16). After Herod the Great died, his son Herod Archelaus ruled Judea in his place (Matthew 2:22). Another son of Herod the Great, Herod Antipas ruled Galilee as Herod the Tetrarch. Antipas, manipulated by his wife Herodias and her daughter, ordered the beheading of John the Baptist (Matthew 14). Antipas also met Jesus, hoping to see him perform a sign (Luke 23). Herod Agrippa II is mentioned in Acts 26, giving audience to the Apostle Paul. While many of the Herods meet the villainous requirement for Gruesome and Gorey Bible Stories, Herod Agrippa I , grandson of Herod the Great, was chosen for his gruesome demise. This member of the Herod bunch "laid violent ...