Verse 20
20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
Ver. 20. For Herod feared John ] Holiness is majestic. "Holy and reverend is God’s name," Psalms 111:9 ; therefore reverend, because holy. He honoureth his saints in the consciences of their greatest enemies.
He did many things ] Or, as some copies have it, πολλα ηπορει , multum haesitabat, " He doubted in many things;" he was often set at a stand, and knew not how to ward off the dry blows of the word, nor which way to look, it came so close to him.
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