Matthew 14:5
And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.
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In Context
4For John was telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
6Then, on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced in their midst, and it pleased Herod.
Cross References
Matthew 11:9Then what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
Matthew 21:32For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Yet even after seeing this, you did not repent, so as to believe him.
Mark 11:30The baptism of John: was it from heaven or from men? Answer me.”
Luke 20:6But if we say, ‘Of men,’ the whole people will stone us. For they are certain that John was a prophet.”
Acts 5:26Then the magistrate, with the attendants, went and brought them without force. For they were afraid of the people, lest they be stoned.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:2-13
The Death of John the Baptist. 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a… Read the whole commentary →