Matthew 14:1-2

ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ καιρῷ. Mk. connects with return of Twelve from their mission (Matthew 6:14), Mt. apparently with immediately preceding section. But the phrase recalls Matthew 11:25; Matthew 12:1, and it may be the evangelist is thinking generally of a time of prevailing insusceptibility (Weiss-Meyer). Ἡρῴδης : Herod Antipas, tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea for many years (4 39 A.D.), married to the daughter of Aretas, king of Arabia; like his father Herod the Great in cunning, ambition, and love of splendour in building and otherwise, whereof the new city of Tiberias was a monument (Schürer, Gesch., i. 359). ἀκοὴν, vide Matthew 4:24. The fame of Jesus penetrated at last even into the royal palace, where very different matters occupied the attention, ordinarily.