to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
unto
παισὶνpaisin
G3816
a boy (as often beaten with impunity) · noun — dative plural masculine
his
αὐτοῦ·autou
G846
the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — genitive singular masculine
servants
παῖςpaîs
G3816
a boy (as often beaten with impunity)
This
οὗτόςhoutos
G3778
the he (she or it) · demonstrative pronoun — nominative singular masculine
is
ἐστίestí
G2076
he (she or it) is
John
ἸωάννηςIōannēs
G2491
Joannes (i.e. Jochanan) · noun — nominative singular masculine, a proper name
Baptist
βαπτιστής·baptistēs
G910
a baptizer · noun — nominative singular masculine
he
αὐτὸςautos
G846
the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — nominative singular masculine
risen
ἠγέρθηēgerthē
G1453
to waken (transitively or intransitively) · verb — aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular
from
ἀπὸapo
G575
"off · 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
works
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
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
Matthew 16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or 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.
Mark 8:28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
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 le…
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:1-12
We have here the story of John's martyrdom. Observe,
I. The occasion of relating this story here, Mat 14:1, Mat 14:2. 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, God will honour those that are despised for his sake. And the gospel, like the sea, gets in one place what it loses in another. Christ had now been preaching and working miracles above two years; yet, it should seem, Herod had not heard of him till now, and now only heard the fame of him. Not…
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 (Mat 14:3-12). For the exposition of this portion, see on Mar 6:17-29.
John Gill on Matthew 14:2
And said unto his servants,.... Those of his household, his courtiers, with whom he more familiarly conversed; to these he expressed his fears, that it might be true what was suggested by the people, and he was ready to believe it himself;
this is John the Baptist: some copies add, "whom I have beheaded", as in Mark 6:16 the guilt of which action rose in his mind, lay heavy on him, and filled him with horror and a thousand fears:
he is risen from the dead; which if he was a Sadducee, as he is thought to be, by comparing Matthew 16:6 with Mark 8:15 was directly contrary to his former sentiments, and was extorted from him by his guilty conscience; who now fears, what before he did not believ…
Thinking that the Baptist had risen from the dead, Herod began to be afraid of him, as though John had become all the more powerful. He was alarmed lest John should employ against him even more of his caustic freedom of speech, which was a terror to him, frustrating him by revealing his crooked deeds.
(ubi sup.) Luke's words are, John have I beheaded: who is he of whom I hear such things? (Luke 9:9.) As Luke has thus represented Herod as in doubt, we must understand rather that he was afterwards convinced of that which was commonly said—or we must take what he here says to his servants as expressing a doubt—for they admit of either of these acceptations.
From this place we may learn how great the jealousy of the Jews was; that John could have risen from the dead, Herod, an alien-born, here declares, without any witness that he had risen: concerning Christ, whom the Prophets had foretold, the Jews preferred to believe, that He had not risen, but had been carried away by stealth. This intimates that the Gentile heart is more disposed to belief than that of the Jews. All men have well thought concerning the power of the resurrection, that the saints shall have greater power after they have risen from the dead, than they had while they were yet weighed down with the infirmity of the flesh; wherefore Herod says, Therefore mighty works are wrought in him.
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Dictionary and topics
Antipas — (1.) Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great by his Samaritan wife Malthace. He was tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea during the whole period of our Lord’s life on earth (Luke 23:7). He was a frivolous…
Conscience · GUILTY — GUILTY
John · him, and beheads him — him, and beheads him
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).
Matthew 14:1-2
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 s…
