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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Mark 6:26

Yet for his oath's sake, and for the sake of his guests — Herod's honour was like the conscience of the chief priests, Matthew 27:6. To shed innocent blood wounded neither one nor the other.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 26. _FOR THEIR SAKES WHICH SAT WITH HIM_] Probably these persons joined in with the request, and were glad of this opportunity to get this light of Israel extinguished; he being a public reprove...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The Servant rejected in Nazareth. (Mark 6:1. Matthew 13:54; Luke 4:16)_ 2. The Servant sends forth the Twelve. (Mark 6:7 .

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    WITHOUT HONOR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY (Mark 6:1-6)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    But when Herod heard about it, he said, "This is John, whom I beheaded, risen from the dead." For Herod had sent and seized John and had bound him in prison because of the affair of Herodias, his brot...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _exceeding sorry_ The Greek word thus translated is very strong, and denotes very great grief and sorrow. It is used of (1) the rich young ruler, "when he heard this, he was _very sorrowful_," Luke 18...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ἈΝΑΚΕΙΜΈΝΟΥΣ ([1246][1247][1248][1249][1250]) rather than συνανακειμένους ([1251][1252][1253]2[1254][1255][1256]). [1246] Codex Vaticanus. 4th cent., but perhaps a little later than א. In the Vatican...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    14–29. THE MURDER OF THE BAPTIZER Matthew 14:1-12; Luke 9:7-9; Luke 3:19-20...

  • Catena Aurea Commentary

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  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE FATE OF JOHN THE BAPTIST MARK 6:14-29:_ Guilt caused Herod to believe that Jesus was John the Baptist raised from the dead. Many, through the years, have believed the erroneous doctrine of the "t...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

    ΠΕΡΊΛΥΠΟΣ (G4036) погруженный в печаль, огорченный, очень расстроенный (14:34; Matthew 26:38). ΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (сопутств.)_, _см._ Mark 6:21. ΌΡΚΟΥΣ _асс. pl. от_ ΌΡΚΟΣ (G3727) клят...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    REJECT— _Refuse._...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _SUMMARY 6:1_7:23 The testimony for Jesus furnished by the preceding section, is based chiefly on the opinions which men formed concerning him. The disciples, though slow and hard of heart to realize...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    περίλυπος γενόμενος : a concessive clause, καίπερ understood = and the king, though exceedingly sorry, yet, etc. ὅρκους : there might be more oaths than one (_vide_ on Matthew), but the plural was som...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _The fatal day_....

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    _Story of Herod and the Baptist_ (Matthew 14:3-12). Herod's endorsement of the theory that Jesus is John _redivivus_ gives a convenient opportunity for reporting here _post eventum_ the Baptist's fate...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    MARTYRDOM OF A WITNESS-BEARER Mark 6:21-29 Better the dungeon with John than the palace with Herod, for conscience filled the palace with the ghost of the murdered Baptist! A woman brought Herod to t...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    "He could there do no mighty work." Not that He in Himself was unable, for His hands laid on a few sick folk brought healing, but that the condition of wilful and persistent unbelief limited the power...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    It is customary, in Scripture, to give the generally prevailing sentiment at the time; thus Joseph is called by the blessed Virgin, the father of Jesus; so now Herod is said to be stricken with sadnes...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

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  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Justin Edwards' Family Bible New Testament (1851)

    John the Baptist beheaded. Matthew 14:1-12....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The execution:...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

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  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The Great Commentary of Cornelius à Lapide

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

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  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

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