Observed him; rather, as the margin, "kept him," namely, from the resentment of Herodias.

Did many things; he did many things to which John urged him, but he would not put away his brother's wife. To show reverence towards God's ministers, and do many things gladly at their suggestion, avails nothing for the salvation of the soul while the sin which God's law forbides is cherished and persisted in.

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