And immediately the king sent an (q) executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
(q) The word signifies one that bears a short lance, and the king's guard was so called because they bore short lances.
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...
IMMEDIATELY. See note on Mark 1:12, AN EXECUTIONER. Greek. _spekoulator._ Occ only here.. Latin word _(speculator). a_ man who spies out; used of the Roman emperor's bodyguard (an armed detective bod...
_an executioner_ Literally, A SOLDIER OF THE GUARD. The word _Speculator_denotes (1) _a looker-out, spy, scout;_(2) _a special adjutant, soldier of the guard_. These scouts formed a special division i...
ἘΝΈΓΚΑΙ ([1257][1258][1259][1260]) rather than ἐνεχθῆναι ([1261][1262][1263][1264][1265][1266]). [1257] Codex Sinaiticus. 4th cent. Discovered by Tischendorf in 1859 at the Monastery of St Katharine...
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...
ΆΠΟΣΤΕΊΛΑΣ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΑΠΟΣΤΈΛΛΩ (G649) послать, отрядить. "Царь послал..." ΣΠΕΚΟΥΛΆΤΟΡΑ _асс. sing. от_ ΣΠΕΚΟΥΛΆΤΩΡ (G4688) означает представителя командования легионами римской...
_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 immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, AND IMMEDIATELY THE KING SENT AN EXECUTIONER, [ spekoulatoora (G4688)...
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...
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....
AN EXECUTIONER] AVmg. 'one of his guard.' The word is Latin, corresponding either to _speculator,_ 'a watcher,' a soldier of the bodyguard, or _spiculator_, 'one armed with a javelin,' and so an execu...
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...
σπεκουλάτορα = speculator in Latin, literally a watcher, a military official of the empire who acted partly as courier, partly as a police officer, partly as an executioner; illustrative citations in...
_The fatal day_....
_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...
_ONE SIN_ ‘And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his...
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 IMMEDIATELY THE KING SENT AN EXECUTIONER,.... Matthew 14:10 AND COMMANDED HIS HEAD TO BE BROUGHT; ordered him to cut off his head in prison, and bring it away forthwith in a charger to him: AND...
And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, Ver. 27. _See Trapp on "_ Mat 14:10 _"_...
John the Baptist beheaded. Matthew 14:1-12....
The execution:...
AND IMMEDIATELY THE KING SENT AN EXECUTIONER, AND COMMANDED HIS HEAD TO BE BROUGHT; AND HE WENT AND BEHEADED HIM IN THE PRISON,...
AN EXECUTIONER: Or, one of his guard...
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 6:27 G2532 Immediately G2112 king G935 sent G649 (G5660) executioner G4688 commanded G2004 (G5656) his...
‘And immediately the king sent out an executioner and commanded to bring his head, and he went and beheaded him in prison, and brought his head on a plate and gave it to the young woman, and the young...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Mark 6:27. A SOLDIER OF HIS GUARD. The word is a peculiar one, derived from the Latin. The members of the body-guard would be entrusted with the execution of capital sentences, but that was not their...
A SOLDIER OF HIS GUARD (σπεκουλατορα). Latin word _speculator_. A spy, scout, lookout, and often executioner. It was used of the bodyguard of the Roman emperor and so for one of Herod's spies. He wa...
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...
SO HE SENT OFF A GUARD. Custom made the captain of the guard the one who did the execution....
_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. ⇐
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...
_But sending an executioner_, that is, a hangman; for soldiers were executioners and attendants of the prætors, and were armed with javelins (_spicula_). Hence they were called _spiculators_. (the wor...
_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...
Matthew 14:10; Matthew 14:11...
Mark's favorite straightway. The king is prompt in his response. Executioner [σ π ε κ ο υ λ α τ ο ρ α]. One of Mark's Latin words, speculator. A speculator was a guardsman, whose business it was to wa...
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...
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...