Salome is commonly identified with the daughter of herodias who, according to accounts in the gospel of mark and the gospel of matthew, danced for herod antipas 16:1, 2 identifies her as the wife of zebedee, and therefore mother of james and john. In his jewish antiquities, josephus mentions marriages and children of the daughter of herodias named salome.
There are two women named salome in the bible, but only one is mentioned by that name A comparison between matthew 27:56 and mark 15:40 The righteous salome was the wife of zebedee (matthew 27:56), the mother of the disciples james and john, and a female follower of jesus.
She was the immediate agent in the execution of john the baptist, who had condemned her mother’s marriage to herod. One of the women who followed jesus in galilee and ministered to him (mark 15:40, 41)
