Matthew 14:7-9

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:8

‘And she, being put forward by her mother, says, “Give me here on a large dish the head of John the Baptist.” ’ So Herodias stepped in and impressed on her daughter that she should ask for the head of John the Baptist. It tells us all that we need to know about Salome, whose anger and bitterness must have been stirred up by her mother, that instead of protesting at such a thought, she fell in line with it. Both must have known what even the worst of their ‘friends’ would think about such a... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:9

‘And the king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at meat with him, he commanded it to be given.’ The king was ‘grieved’. He might hate John but he respected him and was even afraid of him. This was the last request that he had expected. But because of the strength of his oath, which he no doubt now regretted, and in order to maintain face in front of all the great and prominent men who had heard his oath, he commanded that it should be done as she said. Legally he... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Matthew 14:1-12

Matthew 14:1-2 Kings : . Herod and Jesus. The End of John the Baptist ( Mark 6:14-Joel : *, Luke 9:7-1 Samuel :, cf. Luke 3:18-Proverbs :).— Mt.’ s narrative is much briefer than Mk.’ s, and he goes astray. Thus in Matthew 14:5 he makes Herod himself (rather than Herodias) wish to kill John, though in Matthew 14:9 he is grieved at it. But he adds the information that the disciples of John told Jesus of their master’ s fate. He makes this the reason of Jesus’ retirement, which in Mk. is due... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 14:6-7

Mark relates this more fully, but the sense is the same, Matthew 6:21-23, 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 the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 14:8

Mark, Mark 6:24,Mark 6:25, reports it more largely: And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. And she came in straightway with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. The meaning is plain, so as the words need no interpreter: they let us see; 1. The power of the lust of malice and desire of revenge; surely Herodias might have prompted her to have asked... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Matthew 14:9-11

Mark relates it more largely, in Mark 6:26-28, And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sake which sat with him, he would not reject her. And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. The king was exceeding sorry; he could have wished she had asked something else: he was troubled; for... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Matthew 14:1-12

CRITICAL NOTESMatthew 14:1. At that time.—Season (R.V.). In our idiom we should bring out the idea by giving a somewhat different turn to the expression, viz., about that time (Morison). Herod.—Antipas, son of Herod the Great by Malthace. Under his father’s will he succeeded to the government of Galilee and Peræa, with the title of tetrarch, as ruler of a fourth part of the Roman province of Syria (Plumptre).Matthew 14:2. He is risen from the dead.—The policy of the tetrarch connected him with... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Matthew 14:9-10

Matthew 14:9-10 It is quite clear that, in spite of his promise, Herod had no right to behead John the Baptist. He had no right to make such a promise, to begin with; and when he had made it, he was for that reason bound to break it. Nor is it difficult to define the principle which governs all these cases. If a man has no right to do a thing, his promising to do it does not give him the right. Such a promise is void, to begin with. I. Conflicts of duty are, no doubt, sometimes quite real, and... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Matthew 14:1-36

And at that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus. And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he's risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. But when... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Matthew 14:1-36

Matthew 14:2 . This is John the baptist: he is risen from the dead. Mark indicates that Herod was a sadducee by those words of Christ, Beware of the leaven of the sadducees beware of the leaven of Herod. But how is this reconciled with Luke 9:9, where Herod desired to see Christ? Perhaps, like our Harry, he often changed his faith. Perhaps he doubted sometimes whether the Pythagorean doctrine of metempsychosis, or the transmigration of souls into new bodies, might not be true. The cabalists... read more

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