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Gill's Exposition
And he sent,.... "An executioner", as in Mar 6:27 where the Latin word "speculator", or as it is sometimes written "spiculator", is used; and is the name of an officer concerned in executions, and…
See also Mar 6:21-29. But when Herod’s birthday was come Kings were accustomed to observe the day of their birth with much pomp, and commonly, also, by giving a feast to their principal nobility. See…
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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