Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Matthew 14:9
And the king was sorry — Knowing that John was a good man. Yet for the oath's sake — So he murdered an innocent man from mere tenderness of conscience.
And the king was sorry — Knowing that John was a good man. Yet for the oath's sake — So he murdered an innocent man from mere tenderness of conscience.
MATTHEW 14:9 luphqei.j o` basileu.j dia, {B} The reading supported by the chief representatives of the Alexandrian and the Western types of text involves a certain ambiguity (i.e. does the phrase wit...
Verse Matthew 14:9. _THE KING WAS SORRY_] He knew John to be a righteous man, and at first did many things gladly which John told him it was his duty to perform: Mark 6:20. _NEVERTHELESS, FOR THE OA...
See also Mark 6:21. But when Herod’s birthday was come Kings were accustomed to observe the day of their birth with much pomp, and commonly, also, by giving a feast to their principal nobility. See Ge...
2. JOHN'S MARTYRDOM. The Fourfold Attitude of the Rejected King. CHAPTER 14 1. John's Martyrdom. (Matthew 14:1 .) 2. The Disciples of John with the Lord Jesus. (Matthew 14:12 .) 3. Feeding the Five...
HEROD AND JESUS. THE END OF JOHN THE BAPTIST (Mark 6:14 *, Luke 9:7, _cf._ Luke 3:18). Mt.'s narrative is much briefer than Mk.'s, and he goes astray. Thus in Mat
THE TRAGIC DRAMA OF JOHN THE BAPTIST (Matthew 14:1-12)...
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus, and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He has been raised from the dead, and because of this, these deeds of power work in...
THE OATH'S. his great or solemn oath....
_for the oaths" sake_ "Because of the _oaths;_" he had sworn repeatedly....
Matthew 14:1-12. Herod the Tetrarch puts to death John the Baptist Mark 6:14-29, where the further conjectures as to the personality of Jesus are given, "Elias, a [or THE] prophet, or as one of the p...
ΛΥΠΗΘΕΊΣ, ‘though vexed;’ he still feared the popular vengeance, and perhaps did not himself desire the death of John, see Mark 6:20. Ὁ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΎΣ. A title which Antipas had in vain tried to acquire: i...
HEROD THE TETRARCH PUTS TO DEATH JOHN THE BAPTIST Mark 6:14-29, where the further conjectures as to the personality of Jesus are given, ‘Elias, a [or the] prophet, or as one of the prophets,’ and the...
Ver 6. But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. 7. Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. 8. And she, being...
_JOHN WAS KILLED AND JESUS CARED MATTHEW 14:1-12:_ Hatred leads people to do and say terrible things to one another. John had told Herod the Tetrarch that it was not right for him to have his brother,...
ΛΥΠΗΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΛΥΠΈΩ (G3076) горевать, печалиться; _pass._ опечалился, расстроился, огорчился (BAGD). Уступит. (хотя) или сопутств. _part._ Inch. _aor._ "становясь..." ΣΥΝΑΝΑΚΕΙΜΈΝΟΥΣ...
AND THE KING WAS SORRY— Sudden horror, no doubt, seized every heart on hearing Salome's request; the king's gaietyvanished; he was confounded and vexed; but being unwilling to appear either rash, or f...
SECTION 33 JESUS HEARS OF THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN THE BAPTIST (Parallels: Mark 6:14-29; Luke 9:7-9) TEXT: 14:1-13a 1 At that season Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, 2 and said...
_FOR HEROD HAD LAID HOLD ON JOHN, AND BOUND HIM, AND PUT HIM IN PRISON FOR HERODIAS' SAKE, HIS BROTHER PHILIP'S WIFE._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES....
3 See Lev_18:1620:21. 6-12 Compare Mar_6:21-29. 13-15 Compare Mar_6:30-36; Luk_9:10-12 Joh_6:1-7. 13 Herod's insistence that the Lord was John the baptist was not very reassuring, for He was almost...
37 The history of the kingdom proclamation in Acts and what is predicted the circumcision epistles and the Unveiling fully bears out our Lord's forecast. There were the seven sons of Sceva (Act_19:15)...
DEATH OF THE BAPTIST. FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND. WALKING ON THE SEA 1, 2. Herod's opinion of Jesus (Mark 6:14; Luke 9:7)....
EXECUTION OF THE BAPTIST (Mark 6:21). The dramatic circumstances of the death of John are recorded only in the Gospels. Josephus simply says, 'Accordingly he was sent a prisoner, out of Herod's suspic...
MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 14 JOHN THE *BAPTIST DIES 14:1-12 V1 At that time, the ruler called Herod heard reports about Jesus. V2 So he spoke to his servants....
THE KING WAS SORRY. — It was the last struggle of conscience. In that moment there must have come before his mind his past reverence for the prophet, the joy which had for a time accompanied the striv...
CHAPTER 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1 - Matthew 15:1 - Matthew 16:1. THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart, and with so little intercommunication, have yet been interwoven in a...
_Death of the Baptist_ (Mark 6:14-29; Luke 9:7-9). This section might with advantage have been given as a short chapter by itself, and a new start made with the feeding of the thousands which forms th...
λυπηθεὶς : participle used concessively, _though_ grieved he granted the request, the grief quite compatible with the truculent wish in Matthew 14:5. βασιλεύς : only by courtesy. ὅρκους, plural, singu...
FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS' SAKE Matthew 14:1-12 In the terror arising from his stricken conscience, Herod made confidants of his slaves, overleaping the barriers of position in his need of some ears into wh...
The presence and activity of the true King filled the false ruler with alarm. Herod sacrificed John to his lust. Once Herod had heard John, and the remembrance of former conviction was still with him,...
Yet because of his oath, which could not bind him, being unjust. (Witham) --- See the preposterous religion of this wicked prince. He feels no remorse for his impious conduct to his brother and his ow...
"At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, (2) And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in...
Chapter 8, which opens the portion that comes before us tonight, is a striking illustration as well as proof of the method which God has been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou...
Our Gospel resumes the historical course of these revelations, but in such a manner as to exhibit the spirit by which the people were animated. Herod (loving his earthly power and his own glory more t...
AND THE KING WAS SORRY,.... As he might be upon many accounts; partly on account of John, whom, notwithstanding his freedom in reproving him, he had a respect; and partly on his own account, his consc...
And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded _it_ to be given _her_. Ver. 9. _And the king was sorry_] John's innocence might haply so t...
SORRY; he knew it was wrong, and was afraid it would make him trouble. THEM WHICH SAT WITH HIM; he was more afraid of them than of God. No oath can lay a man under obligations to do wrong. It is a sin...
The reaction and its result:...
AND THE KING WAS SORRY; NEVERTHELESS FOR THE OATH'S SAKE, AND THEM WHICH SAT WITH HIM AT MEAT, HE COMMANDED IT TO BE GIVEN HER....
Now authority in high places is seen to reject Him too, by the deliberate rejection of His forerunner and servant John the Baptist. When King Herod hears of His fame, his conscience is troubled, feari...
1-12 The terror and reproach of conscience, which Herod, like other daring offenders, could not shake off, are proofs and warnings of a future judgment, and of future misery to them. But there may be...
SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 14:11"....
Matthew 14:9 And G2532 king G935 sorry G3076 (G5681) because G1161 G1223 oaths G3727 and G2532 sat...
THE FORERUNNER IS REJECTED BY THE CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND PUT TO DEATH (14:3-12). A warning of what lies ahead for Jesus in the future is now introduced. For John, His forerunner has been put to death b...
‘And the king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at meat with him, he commanded it to be given.' The king was ‘grieved'. He might hate John but he respected him and was e...
CHRONOLOGY. The chapter opens with an indefinite mark of time (‘at that season,' Matthew 14:1); but Luke 9:10 shows that it was upon the return of the Twelve. Hence chaps, Matthew 9:35-38;...
Matthew 14:9. And THE KING WAS GRIEVED. ‘Grieved' rather than ‘sorry.' Disturbed rather than penitent. The emotion was in keeping with his character and feelings toward John but was of no avail; compl...
GRIEVED (λυπηθεις). Not to hurt, for in verse Matthew 14:5 we read that he wanted (θελων) to put him to death (αποκτεινα). Herod, however, shrank from so dastardly a deed as this public display of b...
Matthew 14:9 It is quite clear that, in spite of his promise, Herod had no right to behead John the Baptist. He had no right to make such a promise, to begin with; and when he had made it, he was for...
CONTENTS: Herod's troubled conscience and the murder of John the Baptist. The 5000 fed. Jesus walks on the water. CHARACTERS: Jesus, John the Baptist, Herod, Herodias, and her daughter, disciples. CO...
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 He...
THE KING WAS SAD. Very unhappy at this. BECAUSE OF HIS PROMISE. He has sworn a vow, and also because he fears the taunts of the guests....
_Herod the tetratch heard of the fame of Jesus._ A COURT PREACHER Herod is favourable to John, how could he be more unfortunate than to strike in the face the king who protects him? Is not the confid...
HEROD KILLS JOHN THE BAPTIST MATTHEW 14:1-12; MARK 6:14-29; LUKE 9:7-9; MATTHEW 14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jes
CHAPTER 14 The first eleven verses of this chapter relate to the decollation of John the Baptist, of which I have spoken at length on the sixth chapter of S. Mark. _His Body_ : Syriac, _sclado_, i.e....
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Matthew 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_). HERO...
EXPOSITION MATTHEW 14:1 CHRIST'S POWER TO SUPPLY AND PROTECT AND HEAL, PREFACED BY A STATEMENT OF HEROD'S RELATION T
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...
1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Samuel 14:28; 1 Samuel 14:39; 1 Samuel 25:22;...
The oath's sake [δ ι α τ ο υ ς ο ρ κ ο υ ς]. But the A. V. puts the apostrophe in the wrong place. The word is plural, and the Rev. rightly renders for the sake of his oaths. It is implied that Herod...