Luke 23:8. Was exceeding glad. This joy of Herod seems all the more frivolous and unkingly, if we suppose that the case of Jesus was actually offered to his jurisdiction.

Had heard. This was the reason of his desire.

And he hoped. The original indicates that this hope was contemporaneous with the continued desire. The present occasion is not directly referred to here. Yet the frivolous joy arose from the confident expectation that now his long continued desire and hope would be met ‘Jesus was to him what a skilful juggler is to a seated court an object of curiosity.' Godet.

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Old Testament