Matthew 14:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

Matthew 14:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 16:14
And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
Mark 8:28
And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
John 10:41
And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
Matthew 11:11
Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-12)

We have here the story of John’s martyrdom. Observe, I. The occasion of relating this story here, Matt. 14:1, 2. Here is, 1. The account brought to Herod of the miracles which Christ wrought. Herod the tetrarch or chief governor of Galilee heard of the fame of Jesus. At that time, when his countrymen slighted him, upon the account of his meanness and obscurity, he began to be famous at court. Note…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. And said unto his servants--his counsellors or court-ministers. This is John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, &c.--The murdered prophet haunted his guilty breast like a specter and seemed to him alive again and clothed with unearthly powers in the person of Jesus. Account of the Baptist’s Imprisonment and Death (Mt 14:3-12). For the exposition of this portion, see on Mr 6:17-29. For the…