Mark 6:12._And they departed, and preached. _Matthew silently passes over what the Apostles did. Mark and Luke relate that they proceeded to execute the commission which they had received; and from their statements it appears more clearly, that the office which Christ at that time bestowed upon them... [ Continue Reading ]
Mark 6:24._And she went out, and said to her mother _We need not wonder that Herodias attached so much importance to John’s death. (367) The conjecture thrown out by some—that she was actuated by revenge,—is not at all probable. It was rather the dread of being cast off that inflamed and tormented h... [ Continue Reading ]
26._And the king being sorry. _His heart, as we have said, was no longer influenced by religious sentiments; but, foreseeing the detestation that will be excited by such a crime, he dreads both the loss of character and positive harm, and consequently repents of his levity. And yet he has not the co... [ Continue Reading ]
28._And gave it to the girl. _It was an additional aggravation of this detestable crime, that the head of the holy man was made, after his death, a matter of sport. But in this way the Lord sometimes gives up his people to the pride of wicked men, till he at length makes it evident that their blood... [ Continue Reading ]
29._His disciples came. _One thing only remained to complete the woman’s cruelty. It was, to leave the corpse of the holy man unburied; for there is reason to believe that, when _his disciples _performed this duty, the attendants of the tyrant had thrown out the corpse. Though the honor of burial is... [ Continue Reading ]