said. used to say.
For Herod had laid hold on John ... - See Mark 6:17-20 ; Luke 3:19-20 . This Herodias was a granddaughter of Herod the Great. She was first mar...
Herod and Jesus. The End of John the Baptist ( Mark 6:14-29 *, Luke 9:7-9 , cf. Luke 3:18-20 ). Mt.'s narrative is much briefer than Mk.'s, an...
For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. - Here is an instance o...
For John said unto him, &c.— Possessed of great credit with Herod, and with the people, it is not possible to suppose that the Baptist would ha...
For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. No JFB commentary on these...
Death of the Baptist. Feeding the Five Thousand. Walking on the Sea 1, 2. Herod's opinion of Jesus ( Mark 6:14 ; Luke 9:7 ).
Arrest of John ( Mark 6:17 ; Luke 3:19 ). The manner in which St. Matthew and St. Mark insert the arrest of John at this point, instead of in its...
For John said unto him. — The Jewish historian ( Ant. xviii. 5, § 2) states more generally that Antipas was afraid lest some popular outbreak shou...
Chapter 12 The Crisis in Galilee Matthew 14:1-36 - Matthew 15:1-39 - Matthew 16:1-12 . THE lives of John and of Jesus, lived so far apart,...
for Righteousness' Sake Matthew 14:1-12 In the terror arising from his stricken conscience, Herod made confidants of his slaves, overleaping th...
The presence and activity of the true King filled the false ruler with alarm. Herod sacrificed John to his lust. Once Herod had heard John, and the r...
"At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, (2) And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and...
For John said unto him ,.... John having heard of this incestuous marriage, went to Herod, and reproved him to his face for it; and, as Luke says, "...
For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. Ver. 4. For John had said unto him, It is not lawful ] Others knew it to be so, bu...
For Herod had laid hold on John Had formerly seized him; and put him in prison for Herodias's sake On account of the reproof which John gave him...
Now authority in high places is seen to reject Him too, by the deliberate rejection of His forerunner and servant John the Baptist. When King Herod h...
The Death of John the Baptist. 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fam...
Mark telleth us, Mark 6:20 , that Herod feared, that is, reverenced and respected, John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and obser...
The Forerunner Is Rejected By The Civil Authorities And Put To Death (14:3-12). A warning of what lies ahead for Jesus in the future is now introd...
‘For John said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” ' Thus John had boldly approached Herod and told him that what he was doing was again...
CRITICAL NOTES Matthew 14:1 . At that time. — Season (R.V.). In our idiom we should bring out the idea by giving a somewhat different turn to t...
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 t...
Herod the tetratch heard of the fame of Jesus. A Court preacher Herod is favourable to John, how could he be more unfortunate than to strike in...
EXPOSITION Matthew 14:1-40 CHRIST 'S POWER TO SUPPLY AND PROTECT AND HEAL , PREFACED BY A STATEMENT OF HEROD 'S RE...
The story of John's imprisonment:
For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
1 Kings 21:19 ; 2 Chronicles 26:18 ; 2 Chronicles 26:19 ; 2 Samuel 12:7 ; Acts 24:24 ; Acts 24:25 ; Deuteronomy 25:5 ; Deuteronomy 25:6 ; Is...
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....
4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.