![]() John spoke out against Herod’s marriage because he had illegally divorced his previous wife and then seduced and married his brother Philip’s wife named Herodias. Yet he did not immediately kill him because he feared the multitude. It began when Herod imprisoned John for the bold rebuke of the king’s sin. Because John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her”: Having told us of the death of John the Baptist, Matthew will now explain to us how he died. Then his disciples came and took away the body and buried it, and went and told Jesus.Ī. And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. So he sent and had John beheaded in prison. So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.” And the king was sorry nevertheless, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he commanded it to be given to her. Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. But when Herod’s birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod. ![]() Because John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” And although he wanted to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. ( Matthew 14:3-12) Herod’s cruel treatment of John the Baptist.įor Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. ![]() If this were true, it would give more reason for Herod Antipas to believe that Jesus was John come back from the dead.Ģ. Barclay cites the ancient Christian writer Origen, who said that Jesus and John the Baptist closely resembled each other in appearance. “He imagined still that he saw and heard that holy head shouting and crying out against him, staring him also in the face at every turn…God hath laid upon evil-doers the cross of their own consciences, that thereon they may suffer afore they suffer and their greatest enemies need not wish them a greater mischief.” (Trapp) This is John the Baptist he is risen from the dead: Though this may seem unreasonable in retrospect, Herod’s guilt and superstition led him to this fear. ![]() His brother Archelaus ruled to the south, and his brother Philip ruled to the north.ī. This Herod the tetrarch - also known as Herod Antipas - ruled over Galilee and therefore heard much about Jesus. This humiliation was part of what later sent Herod to exile in Gaul. ![]() Herod Antipas wanted to be recognized as a king, and later asked the Emperor Caligula for this title, but Caligula refused. “ Tetrarch literally means the ruler of a fourth part but it came to be used quite generally, as here, of any subordinate ruler of a section of a country.” (Barclay) A tetrarch was lower than a king. This Herod was known as Herod Antipas and was one of the sons of Herod the Great who reigned when Jesus was born. At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus: The fame and report of Jesus spread around the region. ( Matthew 14:1-2) Herod fears that Jesus is John the Baptist raised from the dead.Īt that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist he is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”Ī. ![]()
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