Mark 6:20
For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man: and kept him, and when he heard him, did many things: and he heard him willingly.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
19Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death, and could not.
Cross References
Exodus 11:3And the Lord will give favour to his people in the sight of the Egyptians. And Moses was a very great man in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharao's servants, and of all the people.
2 Kings 3:12And Josaphat said: The word of the Lord is with him. And the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda, and the king of Edom went down to him.
2 Kings 13:14Now Eliseus was sick of the illness whereof he died: and Joas king of Israel went down to him, and wept before him, and said: O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the guider thereof.
2 Chronicles 24:15But Joiada grew old and was full of days, and died when he was a hundred and thirty years old.
Psalms 106:12And they believed his words: and they sang his praises.
Ezekiel 33:32And thou art to them as a musical song which is sung with a sweet and agreeable voice: and they hear thy words, and do them not.
Matthew Henry on Mark 6:15-30
The Death of John the Baptist. 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 show forth themselves in him. 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. 16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake,… Read the whole commentary →