5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
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But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: …
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. …
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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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. N…
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