Message to Herod Antipas, and lament over Jerusalem. This threat of Herod is peculiar to Lk.
31. Certain of the Pharisees
] Probably they wished to frighten Jesus out of the dominions of Herod, where He was tolerably safe, into Judæa, where He would be in the power of the Sanhedrin: cp. Amaziah's attempt to frighten Amos (Amos 7:10). Herod] For his biography see on Matthew 14:1. Will] RV 'would fain kill thee.' Herod may have used threatening words, or there may have been a rumour to that effect, but it is certain that he did not seriously seek our Lord's death: cp. Luke 23:11.

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