This name appears in Acts 13:1 among the prophets and teachers at the church in Antioch. Luke specifically notes that Manaen was 'brought up with' (σύντροφος) Herod the tetrarch, indicating he was a childhood companion or foster-brother of Herod Antipas, the ruler who beheaded John the Baptist and mocked Jesus before the crucifixion. The Hebrew name (Menahem) means 'comforter.' Manaen's presence in church leadership shows how the gospel penetrated even the courts of rulers, producing disciples from the highest social strata who abandoned privilege to serve Christ.