Luke Fox

Luke Fox 1586-1635, English explorer. As a master mariner, he set forth in 1631 to hunt for the Northwest Passage . He explored the southern shore of Hudson Bay, satisfied himself that there was no passage through it, and when scurvy struck his crew returned that same year to England. His Northwest Fox; or, Fox from the North-West Passage was published in 1635 (ed. by R. M. Christy, 1894). He gave many names to geographical features that are still used today; Foxe Basin and Foxe Peninsula were named after him. At about the time that Fox was in Hudson Bay, Thomas James was also conducting a search there for the Northwest Passage.

Herod. Several rulers of Jud(a)ea bore this name.1 Herod I (73–4 BCE, the Great) was appointed by his father to be governor of Galilee and, after his father's death, was appointed initially tetrarch by the Romans and, by 37 BCE, king. During his reign he embarked on an extensive building campaign including the Temple in Jerusalem. Despite this he was regarded by his Jewish subjects as a foreign agent and a destroyer of their institutions.2 Herod II, grandson of Herod I and Mariamne, ruled as king of Chalcis, 41–8 CE. During this period, he had the right to appoint high priests.3 Herod Antipas, son of Herod I and Malthace, ruled as tetrarch of Galilee, 4 BCE–39 CE, until he was exiled by the Romans.4 Herod Philip I, son of Herod I and Cleopatra of Jerusalem, ruled as tetrarch of Transjordan, 4 BCE–34 CE.

‘That fox Herod’ (Luke 13.32) is thus Herod Antipas.

Antipas
1. The son of Herod the Great. After his father's death, Herod Antipas was assigned the territory of Galilee and Perea, and was ruler during the ministry of Jesus. Called ‘that fox’ (Luke 13: 32), he is said to have examined Jesus during the course of the trial by Pilate (Luke 23: 6–9).

2. The name of a Christian martyr mentioned in Rev. 2: 13.