Which tetrarch ruled Galilee during Jesus' ministry and had John the Baptist killed?

Herod Antipas was the tetrarch who ruled Galilee during Jesus’ ministry and ordered the execution of John the Baptist. He governed Galilee and Perea as a Roman client ruler after the death of his father, Herod the Great.

Antipas became embroiled in controversy after divorcing Phasaelis and marrying Herodias, who had been married to his half-brother. According to the Gospels, John the Baptist publicly criticized the marriage. Antipas imprisoned John and, after a banquet and a request relayed through Herodias’s daughter, ordered him beheaded.

Herod Antipas is often confused with other Herodian rulers. Herod the Great was the earlier king associated with Jesus’ birth narratives, while Herod Philip and Herod Agrippa I ruled different territories or periods. Antipas also appears in the Passion narratives: Luke depicts Jesus being sent to him during the trial, although Antipas did not pronounce Jesus’ final sentence.