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Barnes' Notes
Herod the tetrarch - See also Mar 6:14-16; Luk 9:7-9. This was a son of Herod the Great. Herod the Great died probably in the first year after the birth of Christ, and left his kingdom to his three…
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.…
Mat 14:1-12. Herod the Tetrarch puts to death John the Baptist
Mar 6:14-29, where the further conjectures as to the personality of Jesus are given, "Elias, a [or the] prophet, or as one of the…
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