When a convenient day was come; a day suitable for the purpose of Herodias, who was watching her opportunity to destroy John. The dancing of her daughter before Herod and his lords was probably a part of the plan suggested by her.
Verse 21. _LORDS_] μεγιστασιν, probably governors of particular districts. _HIGH CAPTAINS_] χιλιαρχοις; literally, _chiefs_ or _captains_ over a _thousand men_, military chiefs. _CHIEF ESTATES_] πρω...
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 .
HEROD AND JESUS. THE END OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. Wellhausen, J. Weiss, and Klostermann would begin a new period with this section the period of constant wandering, in which Jesus is mostly outside Galile...
WITHOUT HONOR IN HIS OWN COUNTRY (Mark 6:1-6)...
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...
WHEN. CONVENIENT DAY WAS COME. a convenient day being come, when, &c CONVENIENT. opportune. Only in Mark, and Hebrews 4:16. BIRTHDAY. The notice of the banquet and guests is. Divine supplement. LORD...
_a convenient day_ i. e. a suitable day for her fell designs. _on his birthday_ In imitation of the Roman emperors, the Herodian princes kept their birthdays with feasting and revelry and magnificent...
ΓΕΝΟΜΈΝΗΣ ἩΜΈΡΑΣ ΕΥ̓ΚΑΊΡΟΥ. Mk has the deadly enmity of Herodias in mind. She was always on the watch, and at last found an opportune day. Cf. Hebrews 4:16. ΤΟΙ͂Σ ΓΕΝΕΣΊΟΙΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΥ͂. _On his birthday_....
14–29. THE MURDER OF THE BAPTIZER Matthew 14:1-12; Luke 9:7-9; Luke 3:19-20...
Ver 17. For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her. 18. For John had said unto Herod, "It i...
_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...
ΓΕΝΟΜΈΝΗΣ _aor. med. (dep.) part. (temp.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) стайовиться, быть. _Gen. abs._ ΕΎΚΑΙΡΟΣ (G2121) подходящий, пригодный, удобный, ΓΕΝΕΣΊΟΙΣ _dat. pl._ от ΤΆ ΓΕΝΈΣΙΑ (G1077) день рождения...
A CONVENIENT DAY— See Matthew 14:6....
_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...
6. THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST 6:14-29 _TEXT 6:14-29_ And king Herod heard thereof; for his name had become known: and he said, John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore do these power...
And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; AND WHEN A CONVENIENT DAY (FOR THE PURPOSES OF HERODIAS) WAS...
18 It was contrary to the plainest precepts of the law to marry the wife of a brother (Lev_18:16; Lev_20:21). This Herod was usually surnamed _ Antipas_, being the son of Herod the great and a Samarit...
6:21 holiday (c-3) The meaning is doubtful. perhaps 'convenient day,' i.e. to Herodias's future purpose. Not a festival, but a leisure day. chiliarchs, (d-20) Commanders of 1,000 men....
VISIT TO NAZARETH. MISSION OF THE TWELVE. EXECUTION OF THE BAPTIST. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND. WALKING ON THE SEA 1-6. Visit to Nazareth (Matthew 13:54)....
HEROD AND JESUS. EXECUTION OF THE BAPTIST (Matthew 14:1). See on Mt: cp. Luke 9:7....
HIGH CAPTAINS] RM 'or, military tribunes, Gr. _chiliarchs._' CHIEF _estates_] RV 'the chief men.'...
CHRIST IN THE BIBLE: MARK’S GOSPEL _KEITH SIMONS_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 6 JESUS IN NAZARETH VERSES 1-6 Everywhere that Jesus went, the crowds came. They w...
CHAPTER 6:14-29 (MARK 6:14) HEROD "And King Herod heard thereof; for His name had become known: and he said, John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him. But ot...
_The fatal day_....
εὐκαίρου, a day _convenient_ for the long cherished purpose of Herodias; so regarded by her as well as by the evangelist. She had a chance then, if ever, and might hope that by wine, love, and the ass...
_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...
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...
"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...
(14) And king Herod heard _of him;_ (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. (15) Other...
It is remarkable how tradition has contrived to injure the truth in touching the question of the method of the gospel we now enter on; for the current view which comes down to us from the ancients, st...
In that which follows, the history (properly so called) of His service is resumed (chapter 6). Only we see Him already rejected by a blinded people, in spite of the power which He had manifested, and...
AND WHEN A CONVENIENT DAY WAS COME,.... For Herodias; who had long sought and watched for an opportunity of avenging herself on John, and such a time Herod's birthday proved; though some think, that t...
And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief _estates_ of Galilee; Ver. 21. _Made a supper_] The ancients took a light dinner us...
_For Herod had laid hold on John_, &c. See the note on Matthew 14:3. _Herodias had a quarrel against him_ This princess was the granddaughter of Herod the Great, by his son Aristobulus, and had former...
AND WHEN A CONVENIENT DAY WAS COME, THAT HEROD ON HIS BIRTHDAY MADE A SUPPER TO HIS LORDS, HIGH CAPTAINS, AND CHIEF ESTATES OF GALILEE;...
The birthday festival:...
14-29 Herod feared John while he lived, and feared him still more when he was dead. Herod did many of those things which John in his preaching taught him; but it is not enough to do many things, we m...
SEE POOLE ON "MARK 6:14...
Mark 6:21 Then G2532 opportune G2121 day G2250 came G1096 (G5637) when G3753 Herod G2264 his G846 birthday...
THE WIDER MINISTRY BEGINS - THE APOSTLES ARE SENT OUT - OPPOSITION CONTINUES (6:6A-56). Having established that Jesus is Lord of the elements, Lord over evil spirits and Lord over life and death, Mark...
THE RESPONSE OF KING HEROD IN VIEW OF HIS PREVIOUS EXECUTION OF JOHN THE BAPTISER (6:14-29). Meanwhile it was inevitable that news of the activities and power of Jesus, and of His disciples, would re...
‘And when an opportune day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a feast for his court officials and military officers and the chief men of Galilee, and when Herodias' daughter herself came in and...
Mark 6:21. A CONVENIENT DAY, _i.e.,_ for the purpose which Herodias cherished, not for Herod's feast, which took place at the fixed time. WHEN HEROD ON HIS BIRTHDAY. Herodias planned the schemes bef...
THE entire independence of Mark's Gospel is fully apparent in this section, which tells of one of the few events recorded by all four Evangelists. In the emendations we have sought to reproduce the vi...
SEE on Matthew 14:1-13; comp. Luke 9:7-9. Mark's account is detailed, going back to the imprisonment of John, which occurred before our Lord began His Galilean ministry....
MATTHEW prefaces his fuller account by telling of our Lord's compassion for the multitudes (Matthew 9:36-38). Luke gives a very brief statement (Luke 9:1-6). The _choice_ of the Twelve took place some...
WHEN A CONVENIENT DAY WAS COME (γενομενης ημερας ευκαιρου). Genitive absolute. A day well appointed ευ, well, καιρος, time) for the purpose, the day for which she had long waited. She had her plans...
CONTENTS: The twelve sent out to preach. Murder of John the Baptist. The 5000 fed. Jesus walks on the sea. Jesus heals many at Gennesaret. CHARACTERS: Jesus, disciples, Herod, Herodias, her daughter,...
Mark 6:3. _Is not this the carpenter?_ The jews were bound to teach their children some trade, as no man could say what the vicissitudes of life might be. Hence Lightfoot cites the following passage f...
FINALLY HERODIAS GOT HER CHANCE. This implies she had been constantly thinking about it and planning his death....
_And king Herod heard of Him; (for His name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead._ THE SOVEREIGN POWER OF CONSCIENCE I. Now we are to begin with simply consi...
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 6:14 The death of John the Baptist casts an ominous shadow on Jesus’ future. Jesus’ life is in danger, partly because of his authoritative, miraculous deeds. ⇐
MARK—NOTE ON MARK 6:7 Work beyond Galilee. The disciples are sent out to spread the message of God’s kingdom, to heal, and to cast out demons. Jesus again demonstrates his authority and warns his disc...
HEROD KILLS JOHN THE BAPTIST MATTHEW 14:1-12; MARK 6:14-29; LUKE 9:7-9; MATTHEW 14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jes
CHAPTER 6 1 _Christ is contemned of his countrymen_. 7 _He giveth the twelve power over unclean spirits_. 14 _Divers opinions of Christ_. 27 _John Baptist is beheaded_, 29 _and buried_. 30 _The apostl...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Mark 6:19. HAD A QUARREL.—_Fostered a grudge_. Her inward enmity only waited for an opportunity to break forth in open hostilities. Mark 6:20. OBSERVED.—_Or preserved,...
EXPOSITION MARK 6:1 Our Lord now left the neighbourhood of Capernaum, and came INTO HIS OWN COUNTRY, the district of Nazareth, where he had been, not born indeed, but brought up, and where his kinsfo...
Shall we turn to Mark's gospel, chapter 6. Jesus had been in the city of Capernaum there on the northern part of the Sea of Galilee. And He has just brought back to life the daughter of Jairus, one of...
1 Peter 4:3; 2 Samuel 13:23; Acts 12:2; Daniel 5:1; Esther 1:3;...
Convenient [ε υ κ α ι ρ ο ν]. Mark only. Convenient for Herodias' purpose. "Opportune for the insidious woman, who hoped, through wine, lust, and the concurrence of sycophants, to be able easily to ov...
HEROD, OR, ALMOST BUT LOST Mark 6:14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The record of Herod shall ever remain as a warning to those who are almost saved. Let us suggest a few others who came close to the door of e...
THE BEHEADING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST Mark 6:14 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. John was great in his separation unto Christ. He lived apart from the people In a vow of separation unto God. Here is a part of the...
A convenient day — Convenient for her purpose. His lords, captains, and principal men of Galilee — The great men of the court, the army, and the province....