What does Mark 6:21 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;"
Verse 21. _LORDS_] μεγιστασιν, probably governors of particular districts. _HIGH CAPTAINS_] χιλιαρχοις; literally, _chiefs_ or _captains_ over a _thousand men_, military chiefs. _CHIEF ESTATES_] πρω...
CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Servant rejected in Nazareth. (Mark 6:1. Matthew 13:54; Luke 4:16)_ 2. The Servant sends forth the Twelve. (Mark 6:7 .Matthew 10:5; Luke 9:1) 3. King Herod troubled. (Mark 6:14....
HEROD AND JESUS. THE END OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. Wellhausen, J. Weiss, and Klostermann would begin a new period with this section the period of constant wandering, in which Jesus is mostly outside Galile...
WITHOUT HONOR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY (Mark 6:1-6)...
WHEN. CONVENIENT DAY WAS COME. a convenient day being come, when, &c CONVENIENT. opportune. Only in Mark, and Hebrews 4:16. BIRTHDAY. The notice of the banquet and guests is. Divine supplement. LOR...
_a convenient day_ i. e. a suitable day for her fell designs. _on his birthday_ In imitation of the Roman emperors, the Herodian princes kept their birthdays with feasting and revelry and magnificent...
14–29. THE MURDER OF THE BAPTIZER Matthew 14:1-12; Luke 9:7-9; Luke 3:19-20...
Ver 17. For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her. 18. For John had said unto Herod, "It i...
_THE FATE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST MARK 6:14-29:_ Guilt caused Herod to believe that Jesus was John the Baptist raised from the dead. Many, through the years, have believed the erroneous doctrine of the "t...
ΓΕΝΟΜΈΝΗΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) стайовиться, быть. _Gen. abs._ ΕΎΚΑΙΡΟΣ (G2121) подходящий, пригодный, удобный, ΓΕΝΕΣΊΟΙΣ _dat. pl._ от ΤΆ ΓΕΝΈΣΙΑ (G1077) день рождения...
A CONVENIENT DAY— See Matthew 14:6....
_SUMMARY 6:1_7:23 The testimony for Jesus furnished by the preceding section, is based chiefly on the opinions which men formed concerning him. The disciples, though slow and hard of heart to realize...
And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; AND WHEN A CONVENIENT DAY (FOR THE PURPOSES OF HERODIAS) WAS...
18 It was contrary to the plainest precepts of the law to marry the wife of a brother (Lev_18:16; Lev_20:21). This Herod was usually surnamed _ Antipas_, being the son of Herod the great and a Samarit...
6:21 holiday (c-3) The meaning is doubtful. perhaps 'convenient day,' i.e. to Herodias's future purpose. Not a festival, but a leisure day. chiliarchs, (d-20) Commanders of 1,000 men....
VISIT TO NAZARETH. MISSION OF THE TWELVE. EXECUTION OF THE BAPTIST. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND. WALKING ON THE SEA 1-6. Visit to Nazareth (Matthew 13:54)....
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 6 JESUS IN NAZARETH VERSES 1-6 Everywhere that Jesus went, the crowds came. They w...
CHAPTER 6:14-29 (MARK 6:14) HEROD "And King Herod heard thereof; for His name had become known: and he said, John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him. But ot...
_Story of Herod and the Baptist_ (Matthew 14:3-12). Herod's endorsement of the theory that Jesus is John _redivivus_ gives a convenient opportunity for reporting here _post eventum_ the Baptist's fate...
MARTYRDOM OF A WITNESS-BEARER Mark 6:21-29 Better the dungeon with John than the palace with Herod, for conscience filled the palace with the ghost of the murdered Baptist! A woman brought Herod to...
"He could there do no mighty work." Not that He in Himself was unable, for His hands laid on a few sick folk brought healing, but that the condition of wilful and persistent unbelief limited the power...
(14) And king Herod heard _of him;_ (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. (15) Other...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
In that which follows, the history (properly so called) of His service is resumed (chapter 6). Only we see Him already rejected by a blinded people, in spite of the power which He had manifested, and...
AND WHEN A CONVENIENT DAY WAS COME,.... For Herodias; who had long sought and watched for an opportunity of avenging herself on John, and such a time Herod's birthday proved; though some think, that t...
And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief _estates_ of Galilee; Ver. 21. _Made a supper_] The ancients took a light dinner us...
_For Herod had laid hold on John_, &c. See the note on Matthew 14:3. _Herodias had a quarrel against him_ This princess was the granddaughter of Herod the Great, by his son Aristobulus, and had former...
John the Baptist beheaded. Matthew 14:1-12....
AND WHEN A CONVENIENT DAY WAS COME, THAT HEROD ON HIS BIRTHDAY MADE A SUPPER TO HIS LORDS, HIGH CAPTAINS, AND CHIEF ESTATES OF GALILEE;...
14-29 Herod feared John while he lived, and feared him still more when he was dead. Herod did many of those things which John in his preaching taught him; but it is not enough to do many things, we mu...
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Mark 6:21 Then G2532 opportune G2121 day G2250 came G1096 (G5637) when G3753 Herod G2264 his G846 birthday G1077 gave G4160 (G5707) feast G1173 his G846 nobles G3175 G2532 officers G5506 and G2532 chi...
THE WIDER MINISTRY BEGINS - THE APOSTLES ARE SENT OUT - OPPOSITION CONTINUES (6:6A-56). Having established that Jesus is Lord of the elements, Lord over evil spirits and Lord over life and death, Mark...
MATTHEW prefaces his fuller account by telling of our Lord's compassion for the multitudes (Matthew 9:36-38). Luke gives a very brief statement (Luke 9:1-6). The _choice_ of the Twelve took place some...
WHEN A CONVENIENT DAY WAS COME (γενομενης ημερας ευκαιρου). Genitive absolute. A day well appointed ευ, well, καιρος, time) for the purpose, the day for which she had long waited. She had her plans...
CONTENTS: The twelve sent out to preach. Murder of John the Baptist. The 5000 fed. Jesus walks on the sea. Jesus heals many at Gennesaret. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Herod, Herodias, her daughter,...
Mark 6:3. _Is not this the carpenter?_ The jews were bound to teach their children some trade, as no man could say what the vicissitudes of life might be. Hence Lightfoot cites the following passage f...
FINALLY HERODIAS GOT HER CHANCE. This implies she had been constantly thinking about it and planning his death....
_And king Herod heard of Him; (for His name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead._ THE SOVEREIGN POWER OF CONSCIENCE I. Now we are to begin with simply consi...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 6:7 Work beyond Galilee. The disciples are sent out to spread the message of God’s kingdom, to heal, and to cast out demons. Jesus again demonstrates his authority and warns his disc...
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 Jesus, Mark 6:14 And king Herod heard [_of him_]; (for his nam...
CHAPTER 6 1 _Christ is contemned of his countrymen_. 7 _He giveth the twelve power over unclean spirits_. 14 _Divers opinions of Christ_. 27 _John Baptist is beheaded_, 29 _and buried_. 30 _The apostl...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 6:19. HAD A QUARREL.—_Fostered a grudge_. Her inward enmity only waited for an opportunity to break forth in open hostilities. Mark 6:20. OBSERVED.—_Or preserved...
EXPOSITION MARK 6:1 Our Lord now left the neighbourhood of Capernaum, and came INTO HIS OWN COUNTRY, the district of Nazareth, where he had been, not born indeed, but brought up, and where his kinsfo...
Shall we turn to Mark's gospel, chapter 6. Jesus had been in the city of Capernaum there on the northern part of the Sea of Galilee. And He has just brought back to life the daughter of Jairus, one of...
1 Peter 4:3; 2 Samuel 13:23; Acts 12:2; Daniel 5:1; Esther 1:3; Esther 2:18; Esther 3:7; Genesis 27:41; Genesis 40:20; Hosea 7:5;...
Convenient [ε υ κ α ι ρ ο ν]. Mark only. Convenient for Herodias' purpose. "Opportune for the insidious woman, who hoped, through wine, lust, and the concurrence of sycophants, to be able easily to ov...
THE BEHEADING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST Mark 6:14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. John was great in his separation unto Christ. He lived apart from the people In a vow of separation unto God. Here is a part of the...
A convenient day — Convenient for her purpose. His lords, captains, and principal men of Galilee — The great men of the court, the army, and the province....