Chapter 14:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Malachi Mark
Matthew 14
Verse 1. At that time - When our Lord had spent about a year in his
public ministry. Tetrarch - King of a fourth part of his father's
dominions. Mark vi, 14.
Verse
2. He is risen from the dead - Herod was a Sadducee: and the
Sadducees denied the resurrection of the dead. But Sadduceeism
staggers when conscience awakes.
Verse
3. His brother Philip's wife - Who was still alive. Mark vi, 17.
Verse
4. It is not lawful for thee to have her - It was not lawful indeed
for either of them to have her. For her father Aristobulus was their
own brother. John's words were rough, like his raiment. He would
not break the force of truth by using soft words, even to a king.
Verse
5. He would have put him to death - ln his fit of passion; but he
was then restrained by fear of the multitude; and afterward by the
reverence he bore him.
Verse
6. The daughter of Herodias - Afterward infamous for a life
suitable to this beginning.
Verse
8. Being before instructed by her mother - Both as to the matter
and manner of her petition: She said, Give me here - Fearing if he
had time to consider, he would not do it: John the Baptist's head in
a charger - A large dish or bowl.
Verse
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.
Verse
10. And he sent and beheaded John in the prison, and his head
was given to the damsel - How mysterious is the providence,
which left the life of so holy a man in such infamous hands!
which permitted it to be sacrificed to the malice of an abandoned
harlot, the petulancy of a vain girl, and the rashness of a foolish,
perhaps drunken prince, who made a prophet's head the reward of
a dance! But we are sure the Almighty will repay his servants in
another world for what ever they suffer in this.
Verse
13. Jesus withdrew into a desert place -
1. To avoid Herod:
2. Because of the multitude pressing upon him, Mark vi, xxxii,
and
3. To talk with his disciples, newly returned from their progress,
Luke ix, x, apart - From all but his disciples. John vi, 1.
Verse
15. The time is now past - The usual meal time. Mark vi, 35; Luke
ix, 12.
Verse
22. He constrained his disciples - Who were unwilling to leave
him. Mark vi, 45; John vi, 15.
Verse
24. In the evening - Learned men say the Jews reckoned two
evenings; the first beginning at three in the afternoon, the second,
at sunset. If so, the latter is meant here.
Verse
25. The fourth watch - The Jews (as well as the Romans) usually
divided the night into four watches, of three hours each. The first
watch began at six, the second at nine, the third at twelve, the
fourth at three in the morning. If it be thou - It is the same as,
Since it is thou. The particle if frequently bears this meaning, both
in ours and in all languages. So it means, John xiii, 14, 17. St.
Peter was in no doubt, or he would not have quitted the ship.
Verse
30. He was afraid - Though he had been used to the sea, and was a
skilful swimmer. But so it frequently is. When grace begins to act,
the natural courage and strength are withdrawn.
Verse
33. Thou art the Son of God - They mean, the Messiah.
Verse
35. Mark vi, 45.
Chapter 14:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Johnson
| Lightfoot
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| McGarvey Pendleton
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Malachi Mark
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