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Selected Verse: Matthew 14:1 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 14:1 |
Strong Concordance |
At [1722] that [1565] time [2540] Herod [2264] the tetrarch [5076] heard [191] of the fame [189] of Jesus [2424], |
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King James |
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, |
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] |
HEROD THINKS JESUS A RESURRECTION OF THE MURDERED BAPTIST--ACCOUNT OF HIS IMPRISONMENT AND DEATH. ( = Mark 6:14-29; Luk 9:7-9). (Mat 14:1-12)
At that time Herod the tetrarch--Herod Antipas, one of the three sons of Herod the Great, and own brother of Archelaus (Mat 2:22), who ruled as ethnarch over Galilee and Perea.
heard of the fame of Jesus--"for His name was spread abroad" (Mar 6:14). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Herod the tetrarch - See also Mar 6:14-16; Luk 9:7-9. This was a son of Herod the Great. Herod the Great died probably in the first year after the birth of Christ, and left his kingdom to his three sons, of whom this "Herod Antipas" was one. He ruled over Galilee and Perea. See the notes at Mat 2:15. The title "tetrarch" literally denotes one who rules over a "fourth" part of any country. It came, however, to signify the governor or ruler of any province subject to the Roman emperor - Robinson, Lexicon.
Heard of the fame of Jesus - Jesus had been a considerable time engaged in the work of the ministry, and it may seem remarkable that he had not before heard of him. Herod might, however, have been absent on some expedition to a remote part of the country. It is to be remembered, also, that he was a man of much dissoluteness of morals, and that he paid little attention to the affairs of the people. He might have heard of Jesus before, but it had not arrested his attention. He did not think it a matter worthy of much regard. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
Herod
Called Antipas; son of Herod the Great,
(See Scofield) - (Mat 2:1)
and Malthace, a Samaritan woman; brother of Archelaus, see margin reference,
(See Scofield) - (Mat 2:22)
a daughter of King Aretas; Herodias, wife of his half-brother, Philip. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Tetrarch
A ruler of a fourth part. Archelaus had obtained two-fourths of his father's dominions, and Antipas (this Herod) and Philip each one-fourth.
The fame (ἀκοὴν)
Better as Rev., report. Lit., hearing. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| 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. Mar 6:14. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Herod the tetrarch - This was Herod Antipas, the son of Herod the Great. See the notes on Mat 2:1, where an account is given of the Herod family. The word tetrarch properly signifies a person who rules over the fourth part of a country; but it is taken in a more general sense by the Jewish writers, meaning sometimes a governor simply, or a king; see Mat 14:9. The estates of Herod the Great were not, at his death, divided into four tetrarchies, but only into three: one was given by the Emperor Augustus to Archelaus; the second to Herod Antipas, the person in the text; and the third to Philip: all three, sons of Herod the Great. |
14 And [2532] king [935] Herod [2264] heard [191] of him; (for [1063] his [846] name [3686] was [1096] spread abroad [5318]:) and [2532] he said [3004], That [3754] John [2491] the Baptist [907] was risen [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498], and [2532] therefore [1223] [5124] mighty works [1411] do shew forth themselves [1754] in [1722] him [846].
22 But [1161] when he heard [191] that [3754] Archelaus [745] did reign [936] in [1909] Judaea [2449] in the room [473] of his [846] father [3962] Herod [2264], he was afraid [5399] to go [565] thither [1563]: notwithstanding [1161], being warned of God [5537] in [2596] a dream [3677], he turned aside [402] into [1519] the parts [3313] of Galilee [1056]:
1 At [1722] that [1565] time [2540] Herod [2264] the tetrarch [5076] heard [191] of the fame [189] of Jesus [2424],
2 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].
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].
7 Now [1161] Herod [2264] the tetrarch [5076] heard [191] of all [3956] that was done [1096] by [5259] him [846]: and [2532] he was perplexed [1280], because [1223] that it was said [3004] of [5259] some [5100], that [3754] John [2491] was risen [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498];
8 And [1161] of [5259] some [5100], that [3754] Elias [2243] had appeared [5316]; and [1161] of others [243], that [3754] one [1520] of the old [744] prophets [4396] was risen again [450].
9 And [2532] Herod [2264] said [2036], John [2491] have [607] I [1473] beheaded [607]: but [1161] who [5101] is [2076] this [3778], of [4012] whom [3739] I [1473] hear [191] such things [5108]? And [2532] he desired [2212] to see [1492] him [846].
15 And [2532] was [2258] there [1563] until [2193] the death [5054] of Herod [2264]: that [2443] it might be fulfilled [4137] which [3588] was spoken [4483] of [5259] the Lord [2962] by [1223] the prophet [4396], saying [3004], Out of [1537] Egypt [125] have I called [2564] my [3450] son [5207].
7 Now [1161] Herod [2264] the tetrarch [5076] heard [191] of all [3956] that was done [1096] by [5259] him [846]: and [2532] he was perplexed [1280], because [1223] that it was said [3004] of [5259] some [5100], that [3754] John [2491] was risen [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498];
8 And [1161] of [5259] some [5100], that [3754] Elias [2243] had appeared [5316]; and [1161] of others [243], that [3754] one [1520] of the old [744] prophets [4396] was risen again [450].
9 And [2532] Herod [2264] said [2036], John [2491] have [607] I [1473] beheaded [607]: but [1161] who [5101] is [2076] this [3778], of [4012] whom [3739] I [1473] hear [191] such things [5108]? And [2532] he desired [2212] to see [1492] him [846].
14 And [2532] king [935] Herod [2264] heard [191] of him; (for [1063] his [846] name [3686] was [1096] spread abroad [5318]:) and [2532] he said [3004], That [3754] John [2491] the Baptist [907] was risen [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498], and [2532] therefore [1223] [5124] mighty works [1411] do shew forth themselves [1754] in [1722] him [846].
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].
16 But [1161] when Herod [2264] heard [191] thereof, he said [2036], It [3778] is [2076] John [2491], whom [3754] [3739] I [1473] beheaded [607]: he [846] is risen [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498].
22 But [1161] when he heard [191] that [3754] Archelaus [745] did reign [936] in [1909] Judaea [2449] in the room [473] of his [846] father [3962] Herod [2264], he was afraid [5399] to go [565] thither [1563]: notwithstanding [1161], being warned of God [5537] in [2596] a dream [3677], he turned aside [402] into [1519] the parts [3313] of Galilee [1056]:
1 Now [1161] when Jesus [2424] was born [1080] in [1722] Bethlehem [965] of Judaea [2449] in [1722] the days [2250] of Herod [2264] the king [935], behold [2400], there came [3854] wise men [3097] from [575] the east [395] to [1519] Jerusalem [2414],
14 And [2532] king [935] Herod [2264] heard [191] of him; (for [1063] his [846] name [3686] was [1096] spread abroad [5318]:) and [2532] he said [3004], That [3754] John [2491] the Baptist [907] was risen [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498], and [2532] therefore [1223] [5124] mighty works [1411] do shew forth themselves [1754] in [1722] him [846].
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.
1 Now [1161] when Jesus [2424] was born [1080] in [1722] Bethlehem [965] of Judaea [2449] in [1722] the days [2250] of Herod [2264] the king [935], behold [2400], there came [3854] wise men [3097] from [575] the east [395] to [1519] Jerusalem [2414],