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Matthew 2:1 Ἡρῴδου of Herod

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,

Here: Herod the Great, the Idumean king Rome installed over Judea. He was known for huge building projects and for murdering members of his own family.

Matthew 2:3 Ἡρῴδης Herod

When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

Here: Herod the Great, the client king Rome placed over Judea (he ruled c. 37–4 BC). By this point in his reign he was well known for murdering anyone he saw as a rival, including members of his own family.

Matthew 2:7 Ἡρῴδης Herod

Then Herod called the Magi secretly and learned from them the exact time the star had appeared.

Here: Herod I, 'the Great': an Idumean who ruled Judea for Rome as 'king of the Jews' from 37 BC until his death, traditionally dated to 4 BC. The magi's question about one 'born king of the Jews' (v. 2) touches his title head-on.

Matthew 2:12 Ἡρῴδην, Herod,

And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew to their country by another route.

Here: Herod the Great, Rome's client king of Judea. Matthew has already shown him lying about wanting to worship (2:8), and the next verse shows he wants to kill the child (2:13).

Matthew 2:13 Ἡρῴδης Herod

When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

Here: Herod the Great, Rome's client king of Judea, who died in 4 BC by the usual dating. He was notorious for killing anyone he saw as a rival, including his own sons.

Matthew 2:15 Ἡρῴδου, of Herod,

where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

Here: Herod the Great, the Roman client king of Judea, who died about 4 BC. In Matthew's story he plays the part of Pharaoh, the king who kills children.

Matthew 2:16 Ἡρῴδης Herod

When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

Here: Herod the Great, client king of Judea under Rome (37–4 BC). Earlier in the chapter he is called 'the king' (2:1, 3, 9), which sets him up as the rival of the one 'born king of the Jews' (2:2).

Matthew 2:19 Ἡρῴδου Herod

After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt.

Here: Herod the Great, the Rome-appointed 'king of the Judeans' (37–4 BC). This is not his sons Archelaus (2:22) or Antipas (ch. 14).

Matthew 2:22 Ἡρῴδου Herod

But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

Here: Herod the Great, who died in 4 BC, and whose death 2:19–20 has just announced. Naming him again calls up the slaughter at Bethlehem.

Matthew 14:1 Ἡρῴδης Herod

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus

Here: This is Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great. He is not the Herod of Matthew 2, who had died more than thirty years earlier.

Matthew 14:3 Ἡρῴδης Herod

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

Here: Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, called 'tetrarch' (ruler of a quarter of a kingdom) in 14:1. He ruled Galilee and Perea from 4 BC to AD 39. He is not the Herod of the nativity story in Matthew 2.

Matthew 14:6 Ἡρῴδου Ἡρῴδῃ· of Herod, Herod;

On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod

Here: 'Of Herod': whose birthday it was. This is Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee and Perea (14:1), a son of the Herod of Matthew 2.

Mark 6:14 Ἡρῴδης· Herod;

Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Here: Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, ruler of Galilee and Perea (4 BC–AD 39). Jesus and the Twelve were working in his territory.

Mark 6:16 Ἡρῴδης Herod

But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”

Mark 6:17 Ἡρῴδης Herod

For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

Mark 6:18 Ἡρῴδῃ to Herod

For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”

Mark 6:20 Ἡρῴδης Herod

because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.

Here: Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, ruler of Galilee and Perea (4 BC–AD 39). Mark calls him 'king' (6:14), but Rome gave him only the lesser title tetrarch.

Mark 6:21 Ἡρῴδης Herod

On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

Mark 6:22 Ἡρῴδῃ Herod

When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”

Here: Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great. He governed Galilee and Perea under Rome from 4 BC to AD 39.

Mark 8:15 Ἡρῴδου. of Herod.

“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”

Here: Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee and Perea under Rome. He is the man who beheaded John the Baptist (6:14–29), not Herod the Great of the Christmas story.

Luke 1:5 Ἡρῴδου of Herod

In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a descendant of Aaron.

Here: Herod the Great (ruled 37–4 BC by the usual dating), not his son Herod Antipas, who appears later in Luke's Gospel.

Luke 3:1 Ἡρῴδου, Herod,

In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

Here: Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great. He is not the Herod of the infancy stories. He later imprisons and beheads John (3:19–20; 9:9) and questions Jesus (23:6–12).

Luke 3:19 Ἡρῴδης Ἡρῴδης, Herod, Herod,

But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,

Here: This is Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, who ruled Galilee and Perea from 4 BC to AD 39. He is not the Herod of Jesus' birth (Matthew 2) and not the Herod of Acts 12.

Luke 8:3 Ἡρῴδου of Herod

Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.

Luke 9:7 Ἡρῴδης Herod

When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,

Here: Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great. He is the man who imprisoned John in Luke 3:19-20, not the Herod of the Christmas story.

Luke 9:9 Ἡρῴδης· Herod;

“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this man I hear such things about?” And he kept trying to see Jesus.

Luke 13:31 Ἡρῴδης Herod

At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”

Luke 23:7 Ἡρῴδου Ἡρῴδην of Herod, Herod

And learning that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.

Luke 23:8 Ἡρῴδης Herod

When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.

Luke 23:11 Ἡρῴδης Herod

And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.

Here: Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great and ruler (tetrarch) of Galilee and Perea. He had beheaded John the Baptist (Luke 9:9). He had long wanted to see Jesus, and Luke 13:31 reports that he wanted to kill him.

Luke 23:12 Ἡρῴδης Herod

That day Herod and Pilate became friends; before this time they had been enemies.

Luke 23:15 Ἡρῴδης· Herod;

Neither has Herod, for he sent Him back to us. As you can see, He has done nothing deserving of death.

Acts 4:27 Ἡρῴδης Herod

In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.

Here: Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee and Perea. Luke alone tells of Jesus being sent to him during the trial (Luke 23:6–12). Here he stands for the psalm's "kings of the earth."

Acts 12:1 Ἡρῴδης Herod

About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.

Here: Herod Agrippa I, grandson of Herod the Great, who ruled Judea as king in 41–44 AD. Luke calls him by the family name. He is not the Herod of Jesus' birth or the Herod who killed John the Baptist.

Acts 12:6 Ἡρῴδης, Herod,

On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

Here: Herod Agrippa I, grandson of Herod the Great and king over Judea from AD 41 to 44. He had just executed James (v.2).

Acts 12:11 Ἡρῴδου of Herod

Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

Here: Herod Agrippa I, grandson of Herod the Great, who ruled Judea as king in 41–44 AD. He was not the Herod of Jesus' birth or the Herod of Jesus' trial.

Acts 12:19 Ἡρῴδης Herod

After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.

Acts 12:21 Ἡρῴδης Herod

On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.

Acts 13:1 Ἡρῴδου with Herod

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

Here: Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great. In the Greek this name comes before 'foster-brother', which puts the stress on Herod: 'Herod the tetrarch's own companion'.

Acts 23:35 Ἡρῴδου of Herod

he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.