Matthew 14:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Matthew 14:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 11:9
But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
Matthew 21:26
But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
Mark 6:19-20
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: …
Mark 14:1-2
After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. …
Acts 5:26
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

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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…