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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:1-12

Matthew 14:1-2 Kings : . Herod and Jesus. The End of John the Baptist ( Mark 6:14-Joel : *, Luke 9:7-1 Samuel :, cf. Luke 3:18-Proverbs :).— Mt.’ s narrative is much briefer than Mk.’ s, and he goes astray. Thus in Matthew 14:5 he makes Herod himself (rather than Herodias) wish to kill John, though in Matthew 14:9 he is grieved at it. But he adds the information that the disciples of John told Jesus of their master’ s fate. He makes this the reason of Jesus’ retirement, which in Mk. is due... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 14:8

Mark, Mark 6:24,Mark 6:25, reports it more largely: And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. And she came in straightway with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. The meaning is plain, so as the words need no interpreter: they let us see; 1. The power of the lust of malice and desire of revenge; surely Herodias might have prompted her to have asked... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 14:1-12

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 14:1. At that time.—Season (R.V.). In our idiom we should bring out the idea by giving a somewhat different turn to the expression, viz., about that time (Morison). Herod.—Antipas, son of Herod the Great by Malthace. Under his father’s will he succeeded to the government of Galilee and Peræa, with the title of tetrarch, as ruler of a fourth part of the Roman province of Syria (Plumptre).Matthew 14:2. He is risen from the dead.—The policy of the tetrarch connected him with... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 14:1-36

And at that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus. And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he's risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. But when... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 14:1-36

Matthew 14:2 . This is John the baptist: he is risen from the dead. Mark indicates that Herod was a sadducee by those words of Christ, Beware of the leaven of the sadducees beware of the leaven of Herod. But how is this reconciled with Luke 9:9, where Herod desired to see Christ? Perhaps, like our Harry, he often changed his faith. Perhaps he doubted sometimes whether the Pythagorean doctrine of metempsychosis, or the transmigration of souls into new bodies, might not be true. The cabalists... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Matthew 14:1-11

Matthew 14:1-11Herod the tetratch heard of the fame of Jesus.A Court preacherHerod is favourable to John, how could he be more unfortunate than to strike in the face the king who protects him? Is not the confidence of Herod an indication of the providence of God, not to be cast aside? This is what Court preachers of almost all epochs say to themselves. Moses was taught at the Court of Pharaoh, but said to the King, “Let the people of God go.” John says to Herod, “It is not lawful.”I. His... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Matthew 14:8

8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger. Ver. 8. And she being before instructed, &c. ] Partus sequitur ventrem, the birth follows the belly. Here was like mother like daughter, neither good bird nor good egg, as they say. Κακου κορακος κακον ωον . The mother and daughter both had an aching tooth at the Baptist, and sought an opportunity to be meet with him ( ενειχεν αυτω , Mar 6:19 ): which now having gotten, they pursued to... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 14:8

being: 2 Chronicles 22:2, 2 Chronicles 22:3, Mark 6:24 Give: 1 Kings 18:4, 1 Kings 18:13, 1 Kings 19:2, 2 Kings 11:1, Proverbs 1:16, Proverbs 29:10 a charger: Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19, Numbers 7:84, Numbers 7:85, Ezra 1:9 Reciprocal: 2 Kings 10:7 - slew seventy Proverbs 16:30 - moving Daniel 6:16 - the king Luke 23:20 - General read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Matthew 14:8

And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.Being before instructed by her mother — Both as to the matter and manner of her petition: She said, Give me here - Fearing if he had time to consider, he would not do it: John the Baptist's head in a charger - A large dish or bowl. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:1-14

§ 60. DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, Matthew 14:1-14 . It was while me apostles were on their trial mission that John was beheaded. Thus Jesus spreads his operations, and the harbinger leaves the scene, simultaneously. As an old writer says, Jesus provided that for one preacher slain twelve should spring up in his place. read more