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Selected Verse: Matthew 14:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 14:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And [2532] said [2036] unto his [846] servants [3816], This [3778] is [2076] John [2491] the Baptist [910]; he [846] is risen [1453] from [575] the dead [3498]; and [2532] therefore [1223] [5124] mighty works [1411] do shew forth themselves [1754] in [1722] him [846]. |
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King James |
And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
And said unto his servants--his counsellors or court-ministers.
This is John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, &c.--The murdered prophet haunted his guilty breast like a specter and seemed to him alive again and clothed with unearthly powers in the person of Jesus.
Account of the Baptist's Imprisonment and Death (Mat 14:3-12). For the exposition of this portion, see on Mar 6:17-29. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| This is John the Baptist - Herod feared John. His conscience smote him for his crimes. He remembered that he had wickedly put him to death. He knew him to be a distinguished prophet; and he concluded that no other one was capable of working such miracles but he who had been so eminent a servant of God in his life, and who, he supposed, had again risen from the dead and entered the dominions of his murderer. The alarm in his court, it seems, was general. Herod's conscience told him that this was John. Others thought that it might be the expected Elijah or one of the old prophets, Mar 6:15. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| 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. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
This is John the Baptist - Ον εγω απεκεφαλισα, Whom I beheaded. These words are added here by the Codex Bezae and several others, by the Saxon, and five copies of the Itala. - See the power of conscience! He is miserable because he is guilty; being continually under the dominion of self-accusation, reproach, and remorse. No need for the Baptist now: conscience performs the office of ten thousand accusers! But, to complete the misery, a guilty conscience offers no relief from God - points out no salvation from sin.
He is risen from the dead - From this we may observe:
1. That the resurrection of the dead was a common opinion among the Jews; and
2. That the materiality of the soul made no part of Herod's creed.
Bad and profligate as he was, it was not deemed by him a thing impossible with God to raise the dead; and the spirit of the murdered Baptist had a permanent resurrection in his guilty conscience. |
17 For [1063] Herod [2264] himself [846] had sent forth [649] and laid hold [2902] upon John [2491], and [2532] bound [1210] him [846] in [1722] prison [5438] for [1223] Herodias [2266]' sake [1223], his [846] brother [80] Philip's [5376] wife [1135]: for [3754] he had married [1060] her [846].
18 For [1063] John [2491] had said [3004] unto Herod [2264], [3754] It is [1832] not [3756] lawful [1832] for thee [4671] to have [2192] thy [4675] brother's [80] wife [1135].
19 Therefore [1161] Herodias [2266] had a quarrel [1758] against him [846], and [2532] would [2309] have killed [615] him [846]; but [2532] she could [1410] not [3756]:
20 For [1063] Herod [2264] feared [5399] John [2491], knowing [1492] that he [846] was a just [1342] man [435] and [2532] an holy [40], and [2532] observed [4933] him [846]; and [2532] when he heard [191] him [846], he did [4160] many things [4183], and [2532] heard [191] him [846] gladly [2234].
21 And [2532] when a convenient [2121] day [2250] was come [1096], that [3753] Herod [2264] on his [846] birthday [1077] made [4160] a supper [1173] to his [846] lords [3175], [2532] high captains [5506], and [2532] chief [4413] estates of Galilee [1056];
22 And [2532] when the daughter [2364] of the said [846] Herodias [2266] came in [1525], and [2532] danced [3738], and [2532] pleased [700] Herod [2264] and [2532] them that sat with him [4873], the king [935] said [2036] unto the damsel [2877], Ask [154] of me [3165] whatsoever [3739] [1437] thou wilt [2309], and [2532] I will give [1325] it thee [4671].
23 And [2532] he sware [3660] unto her [846], Whatsoever [3754] [3739] [1437] thou shalt ask [154] of me [3165], I will give [1325] it thee [4671], unto [2193] the half [2255] of my [3450] kingdom [932].
24 And [1161] she went forth [1831], and said [2036] unto her [846] mother [3384], What [5101] shall I ask [154]? And [1161] she said [2036], The head [2776] of John [2491] the Baptist [910].
25 And [2532] she came in [1525] straightway [2112] with [3326] haste [4710] unto [4314] the king [935], and asked [154], saying [3004], I will [2309] that [2443] thou give [1325] me [3427] by and by [1824] in [1909] a charger [4094] the head [2776] of John [2491] the Baptist [910].
26 And [2532] the king [935] was [1096] exceeding sorry [4036]; yet for [1223] his oath's sake [3727], and [2532] for their sakes which [3588] sat with him [4873], he would [2309] not [3756] reject [114] her [846].
27 And [2532] immediately [2112] the king [935] sent [649] an executioner [4688], and commanded [2004] his [846] head [2776] to be brought [5342]: and [1161] he went [565] and beheaded [607] him [846] in [1722] the prison [5438],
28 And [2532] brought [5342] his [846] head [2776] in [1909] a charger [4094], and [2532] gave [1325] it [846] to the damsel [2877]: and [2532] the damsel [2877] gave [1325] it [846] to her [846] mother [3384].
29 And [2532] when his [846] disciples [3101] heard [191] of it, they came [2064] and [2532] took up [142] his [846] corpse [4430], and [2532] laid [5087] it [846] in [1722] a tomb [3419].
3 For [1063] Herod [2264] had laid hold [2902] on John [2491], and bound [1210] him [846], and [2532] put [5087] him in [1722] prison [5438] for [1223] Herodias' [2266] sake [1223], his [846] brother [80] Philip's [5376] wife [1135].
4 For [1063] John [2491] said [3004] unto him [846], It is [1832] not [3756] lawful [1832] for thee [4671] to have [2192] her [846].
5 And [2532] when he would [2309] have put [615] him [846] to death [615], he feared [5399] the multitude [3793], because [3754] they counted [2192] him [846] as [5613] a prophet [4396].
6 But [1161] when Herod's [2264] birthday [1077] was kept [71], the daughter [2364] of Herodias [2266] danced [3738] before them [1722] [3319], and [2532] pleased [700] Herod [2264].
7 Whereupon [3606] he promised [3670] with [3326] an oath [3727] to give [1325] her [846] whatsoever [3739] [1437] she would ask [154].
8 And [1161] she, being before instructed [4264] of [5259] her [846] mother [3384], said [5346], Give [1325] me [3427] here [5602] John [2491] Baptist's [910] head [2776] in [1909] a charger [4094].
9 And [2532] the king [935] was sorry [3076]: nevertheless for [1161] [1223] the oath's sake [3727], and [2532] them which sat with him at meat [4873], he commanded [2753] it to be given [1325] her.
10 And [2532] he sent [3992], and beheaded [607] John [2491] in [1722] the prison [5438].
11 And [2532] his [846] head [2776] was brought [5342] in [1909] a charger [4094], and [2532] given [1325] to the damsel [2877]: and [2532] she brought [5342] it to her [846] mother [3384].
12 And [2532] his [846] disciples [3101] came [4334], and took up [142] the body [4983], and [2532] buried [2290] it [846], and [2532] went [2064] and told [518] Jesus [2424].
15 Others [243] said [3004], That [3754] it is [2076] Elias [2243]. And [1161] others [243] said [3004], That [3754] it is [2076] a prophet [4396], or [2228] as [5613] one of [1520] the prophets [4396].