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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Mark 6:17-26

Mark 6:17-26. For Herod had laid hold on John, &c. See the note on Matthew 14:3-7. Herodias had a quarrel against him This princess was the granddaughter of Herod the Great, by his son Aristobulus, and had formerly been married to her uncle Philip, the son of her grandfather, by Mariamne, and brother to Herod the tetrarch. Some time after that marriage this Herod, happening in his way to Rome to lodge at his brother’s house, fell passionately in love with Herodias, and on his return... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Mark 6:14-29

64. Death of John the Baptist (Matthew 14:1-12; Mark 6:14-29; Luke 9:7-9)By this time John the Baptist had been executed. When Herod heard the news of Jesus’ miracles, he feared that Jesus was really John come back to life and that supernatural powers were working in him (Matthew 14:1-2; Mark 6:14-16). (The Herod referred to here was Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great; see earlier section, ‘The New Testament World’.)Having mentioned John’s death, the writers go back to record the events... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 6:14

Herod. See App-109 . was risen = had been raised. from = out front. Greek. ek . App-104 . See Matthew 17:9 the dead. No Art. Sec App-139 . therefore = 0n account of ( App-104 .Mark 6:2; Mark 6:2 ) this. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Mark 6:17

prison = the prison. for . . . sake = on account of. Greek. dia. App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 6:14

And king Herod heard thereof; for his name had become known: and he said, John the Baptizer is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him.THE BEHEADING OF JOHN THE BAPTISTKing Herod ... Of this despot, Sanner said:Herod Antipas (popularly called king) was tetrarch (literally, one who rules the fourth part of a domain) of Galilee and Perea from 4 B.C. to A.D. 39. His reign thus spanned the life and public ministry of Jesus: From a family characterized by intrigue and... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 6:15

But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even as one of the prophets. But Herod when he heard thereof, said, John, whom I have beheaded, he is risen.The independence of the sacred narratives is conspicuously evident in this passage which has elements similar to Matthew 16:13,14. In that passage, the apostles responded to Jesus' question by saying that people were saying that he was John the Baptist, Elijah, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. Here the same information is... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Mark 6:17

For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he had married her.Part of the sordid history of the Herods comes to view in this verse. A more particular look at the principal actors in this sad affair is in order.HEROD ANTIPASHe was the son of Herod the Great by the Samaritan Malthace, and a full brother of Herod Archelaus. He received as his share of his father's dominion the provinces of Galilee and... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 6:14

14. And King Herod—that is, Herod Antipas, one of the three sons of Herod the Great, and own brother of Archelaus (Matthew 2:22), who ruled as ethnarch over Galilee and Perea. heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad); and he said—"unto his servants" (Matthew 14:2), his councillors or court ministers. That John the Baptist was risen from the dead—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... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Mark 6:15

15. Others said, That it is Elias. And others, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets—(See on :-). read more

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