Matthew 14:5

when he would have put him to death.. wishing (App-102.) to kill him.

counted. held. Compare Matthew 21:26; Matthew 21:46

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. And though he wished to put him to death. There is some appearance of contradiction between the words of Matthew and Mark: for the...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. He feared the multitude - Miserable prince!...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 ).
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

When he would have put him to death ] This agrees with Josephus, who says that John was arrested for political reasons. 'Herod, who feared lest the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He feared the multitude. — St. Mark, whose narrative is here much the fullest of the three, adds that Herod himself “feared John,” knowing “him to...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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,...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

for Righteousness' Sake Matthew 14:1-12 In the terror arising from his stricken conscience, Herod made confidants of his slaves, overleaping th...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when he would have put him to death ,.... As soon as he apprehended him, and put him into prison; being provoked by his reproving him, and being...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. Ver. 5. And when he would have put him t...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Death of John the Baptist. 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fam...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

At first he had some reverence for John because he was a good man, but either John, by the frequent checks he gave to his lust, or Herodias, by her c...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And when he would have put him to death, he feared the populace, because they counted him as a prophet.' But although he would have liked to have J...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The story of John's imprisonment:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. A laconic account of sordid baseness! Her...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 4:21 ; Acts 5:26 ; Luke 20:6 ; Mark 11:30-32 ; Mark 14:1 ; Mark 14:2 ; Mark 6:19 ; Mark 6:20 ; Matthew 21:26 ; Matthew 21:32
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He would have put him to death — ln his fit of passion; but he was then restrained by fear of the multitude; and afterward by the reverence he bore...

⁵ And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Related Commentaries of Matthew 14:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Matthew 14:5