20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
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But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. …
He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-29)Here is, I. The wild notions that the people had concerning our Lord Jesus, Mark 6:15. His own countrymen could believe nothing great concerning him, because they knew his poor kindred; but others that were not under the power of that prejudice against him, were yet willing to believe any thing rather than the truth—that he was the Son of God, and the true Messias: they said, He is Elias, whom the…
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