Mark 6:14 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
Mark 6:14
And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
a sovereign (abstractly · noun — nominative singular masculine, a title
Herod
Ἡρῴδης·Hērōdēs
G2264
heroic · noun — nominative singular masculine, a proper name
heard
ἤκουσενēkousen
G191
to hear (in various senses) · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
for
γὰρgar
G1063
properly · conjunction
his
αὐτοῦ.autou
G846
the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
name
ὄνομαonoma
G3686
a "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority · noun — nominative singular neuter
was
ἐγένετοegeneto
G1096
to cause to be ("gen"-erate) · verb — second aorist middle deponent indicative, 3rd person singular
abroad
φανερὸνphaneron
G5318
shining · adjective — nominative singular neuter
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
said
ἔλεγονelegon
G3004
properly · verb — imperfect active indicative, 3rd person plural
That
ὅτιhoti
G3754
demonstrative · conjunction
John
ἸωάννηςIōannēs
G2491
Joannes (i.e. Jochanan) · noun — nominative singular masculine, a proper name
Baptist
βαπτίζωνbaptizōn
G907
to immerse · verb — present active participle, nominative singular masculine
risen
ἐγήγερταιegēgertai
G1453
to waken (transitively or intransitively) · verb — perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular
from
ἐκek
G1537
literal or figurative · preposition
dead
νεκρῶν,nekrōn
G3498
dead (literally or figuratively · adjective — genitive plural masculine
and
καὶkai
G2532
and · conjunction
therefore
διὰdia
G1223
through (in very wide applications · preposition
mighty
δυνάμειςdunameis
G1411
force (literally or figuratively) · noun — nominative plural feminine
themselves
ἐνεργοῦσινenergousin
G1754
to be active · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person plural
in
ἐνen
G1722
"in · preposition
him
αὐτῷ.autō
G846
the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative singular masculine
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Cross-references
Mark 6:14-29 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mig…
Luke 9:7-9 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from t…
2 Chronicles 26:15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones witha…
Matthew 9:31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
Matthew 14:1-12 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
Mark 1:28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.
Mark 1:45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city,…
Mark 8:28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on Mark 6:14-29
Here is, I. The wild notions that the people had concerning our Lord Jesus, Mar 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 they expected; or, He is a prophet, one of the Old Testament prophets raised to life, and returned to this world; or as one of the prophets, a prophet now newly raised up, equal to those under the Old Testament.
II. The opinion of Herod concerning him. He heard of his name and fame, of what he said an…
And king Herod heard? - Την ακοην αοτου, his fame, is added by KM, fifteen others, and in the margin of several. It seems necessary to complete the sense.
John Gill on Mark 6:14
And king Herod heard of him,.... "Of Jesus", as the Syriac version supplies it; or "the miracles of Jesus", as the Persic version. This Herod here called a king, as he might be by his courtiers, and the common people, is the same with the Tetrarch in Matthew 14:1, for he was only Tetrarch of Galilee. This was Herod Antipater, the son of Herod the Great; the fame of Jesus reached his ears, he being governor of those parts, which were mostly visited by Christ:
for his name was spread abroad; by means of his ministry and miracles, and through those of his disciples, whom he had sent two by two into all parts of the country:
and he said that John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and theref…
Mark 6:14-16
Matthew 14:1-2
Mark 6:14-16
Luke 9:7-9
1. At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2. And said to his servants, This is John the Baptist: he is raised from the dead, and therefore miracles work in him.
14. And king Herod heard of him, (for his name had become celebrated,) and said, John, who baptized, hath risen from the dead, and therefore miracles are performed by him. 15. Others said, It is Elijah; and others said, It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. 16. But when Herod heard that, he said, It is John whom I beheaded, he hath rasen from the dead.
7. Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him, and was perplexed, because it was sai…
The Church Fathers
It goes on, For his name was spread abroad. For it is not right that a candle should be placed under a bushel. And they said, that is, some of the multitude, that John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do show themselves forth in him.
(Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.) This Herod is the son of the first Herod, under whom Joseph had led Jesus into Egypt, But Matthew calls him Tetrarch, and Luke mentions him as ruling over one fourth of his father's kingdom; for the Romans after the death of his father divided his kingdom into four parts. But Mark calls him a king, either after the title of his father, or because it was consonant to his own wish.
(in Marc. 2, 25) Here we are taught how great was the envy of the Jews. For, lo, they believe that John, of whom it was said that he did no miracle, could rise from the dead, and that, without the witness of any one. But Jesus, approved of God by miracles and signs, whose resurrection, Angels and Apostles, men and women, preached, they chose to believe was carried away by stealth, rather than suppose that He had risen again. And these men, in saying that John was risen from the dead, and that therefore mighty works were wrought in him, had just thoughts of the power of the resurrection, for men, when they shall have risen from the dead, shall have much greater power, than they possessed, when still weighed down by the weakness of the flesh. There follows, But others said, that it is Elias.
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Dictionary and topics
Herod — (hero-like). This family though of Idumean origin and thus alien by race, was Jewish in faith. I. HEROD THE GREAT was the second son of Antipater, an Idumean, who was appointed procurator of Judea by…
Machaerus — The Black Fortress, was built by Herod the Great in the gorge of Callirhoe, one of the wadies 9 miles east of the Dead Sea, as a frontier rampart against Arab marauders. John the Baptist was probably…
Salome — Perfect. (1.) The wife of Zebedee and mother of James and John (Mat. 27:56), and probably the sister of Mary, the mother of our Lord (John 19:25). She sought for her sons places of honour in Christ’s…
Tetrarch — Strictly the ruler over the fourth part of a province; but the word denotes a ruler of a province generally (Matt. 14:1; Luke 3:1, 19; 9:7; Acts 13:1). Herod and Phasael, the sons of Antipater, were…
Conscience · GUILTY — GUILTY
Superstition · risen from the — risen from the
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
The account of John the Baptist’s death, sandwiched between the sending out and the return of the disciples, continues the theme of Jesus’ authority and power (see 6:7, 14). John’s fate and the warning given to the disciples in their missionary charge (6:11) also foreshadowed Jesus’ death. The one greater even than John (1:8) would soon be handed over to religious and political leaders and put to death (8:31; 9:31; 10:33).
6:14 soon heard about Jesus: The successful mission in Galilee and Perea of six teams of disciples (6:12-13) spread Jesus’ fame throughout the region. • This must be John the Baptist raised from the dead: Either Herod was thinking that the spirit of John the Baptist had c…
