^a Herod Antipas, a.k.a. Herod the Tetrarch, sixth son of Herod the Great, ruled as tetrarch of Galilee and Perea from his capital in Tiberias, 4 BCE-39 CE, until exiled by the Roman emperor Caligula and his territories given to his half-nephew Herod Agrippa I (see Acts 12).

^a Herod Antipas' niece, daughter of Herod the Great's third son Aristobulus IV, sister of Herod Antipas' half-brother King Agrippa I (the Herod in Acts 12), and wife of another of Heor Antipas' half-brother's, Herod II Boethus (a.k.a. Philip). Herod the Great executed Herodias' father Aristobulus and his older brother Alexander in 7 BCE, after which he married Herodias off to his fourth son Herod II (a.k.a. Herod Boethus because his maternal grandfather was the high priest Simon Boethus). After Herod II fell out of the line of succession (see next note), Herodias eventually divorced him for Herod Antipas.

^b Philip is a misattribution for Herod II Boethus, fourth son of Herod the Great and husband of Herodias. Consequently, Herod II Boethus is sometimes referred to extra-biblically as Herod Philip I, while Herod the Great's seventh son, Philip the Tetrarch (the Philip in Lk. 3:1; see also text note, Mt. 2:22), who eventually married Herod II's and Herodias' daugher Salome, is referred to as Herod Philip II. Herod II was removed from the line of succession after Herod discovered that his mother had been aware of a plot by Herod's eldest son, Antipater III, in 5 BCE, to poison Herod.

^a Lev. 18:16: You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakeness (ESV).

^a Cf. Mk. 14:1-2: It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him [Jesus] by stealth and kill him, for they said, Not during he feast, lest there be an uproar from the people (ESV).

^a Gk. ἡδέως αὐτοῦ ἤκουεν, he heard him gladly.