The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence - `Push on without delay, if thou regardest thine own safety.'
For Herod (Antipas) will kill thee, х thelei (G2309) se (G4571) apokteinai (G615)] - 'is minded to kill thee.' He was now on His way out of Perea, on the east side of the Jordan, and so out of Herod's dominions, "journeying toward Jerusalem" (Luke 13:22). Haunted, probably, by guilty fears, Herod wanted to get rid of Him (see the note at Mark 6:14), and seems, from our Lord's answer, to have sent these Pharisees, under pretence of a friendly hint, to persuade Him that the sooner He got beyond Herod's jurisdiction the better it would be for His own safety. Our Lord saw through both of them, and sends the cunning ruler a message couched in dignified and befitting irony.