  2 6 ▁and ▁AD   3 7 . ▁ ▁Re ign ▁of ▁Her od ▁Ant ip as ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁G ospel ▁of ▁Luke , ▁while ▁Jesus ▁is ▁in ▁Pil ate ' s ▁court , ▁Pil ate ▁real izes ▁that ▁Jesus ▁is ▁a ▁Gal ile an ▁and ▁thus ▁is ▁under ▁the ▁juris diction ▁of ▁Her od ▁Ant ip as . ▁Given ▁that ▁Her od ▁was ▁in ▁Jerusalem ▁at ▁that ▁time , ▁Pil ate ▁decided ▁to ▁send ▁Jesus ▁to ▁Her od ▁to ▁be ▁tried . ▁ ▁This ▁episode ▁is ▁described ▁only ▁in ▁the ▁G ospel ▁of ▁Luke ▁( 2 3 : 7 – 1 5 ). ▁While ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁question ed ▁the ▁authentic ity ▁of ▁this ▁episode , ▁given ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁unique ▁to ▁the ▁G ospel ▁of ▁Luke , ▁the ▁International ▁Standard ▁Bible ▁Encyclopedia ▁states ▁that ▁it ▁fits ▁well ▁with ▁the ▁theme ▁of ▁the ▁g ospel . ▁ ▁Her od ▁Ant ip as , ▁a ▁son ▁of ▁Her od ▁the ▁Great , ▁was ▁born ▁before ▁ 2 0 ▁BC ▁and ▁was ▁ex iled ▁to ▁Ga ul ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁AD   3 9 ▁following ▁a ▁length y ▁intr igue ▁involving ▁Cal ig ula ▁and ▁Ag ri ppa ▁I , ▁the ▁grand son ▁of ▁his ▁father . ▁This ▁episode ▁indicates ▁that ▁Jesus ' ▁death ▁took ▁place ▁before ▁AD   3 9 . ▁ ▁Con version ▁of ▁Paul ▁ ▁Another ▁approach ▁to ▁estim ating ▁an ▁upper ▁bound ▁for ▁the ▁year ▁of ▁death ▁of ▁Jesus ▁is ▁the ▁estimation ▁of ▁the ▁date