Various radical Jewish elements, some of which…

Various radical Jewish elements, some of which are messianic, rise in revolt after Herod's death.

Threats to stability in both Galillee and Pearea would have been clear to Antipas when he took office.

While he has been making his case to Augustus in Rome, dissidents led by one Judas son of Hezekiah, whose followers tear down the Roman Eagle that had adorned the Temple, attack the palace of Sepphoris in Galilee, seizing money and weapons with which they terrorize the area.

In a counterattack ordered by Quinctilius Varus, Roman governor of Syria, Sepphoris is destroyed by fire and its inhabitants sold as slaves.