Matthew 14:1

And at that time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

In Context

2and he said to his servants: This is John the Baptizer: he is risen from the grave: therefore works of power are wrought by him.

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Cross References

Mark 8:15And he charged them, and said to them: Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

Luke 3:19But Herod the Tetrarch, because he was reproved by John, on account of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip, and on account of all the evil things he had done,

Luke 13:31On the same day came some of the Pharisees, and said to him: Go, depart hence; for Herod purposeth to kill thee.

Luke 23:15Neither yet Herod: for I sent him to him, and lo, nothing deserving death hath been done by him.

Acts 12:1And at that time Herod the king, who was surnamed Agrippa, laid hands on some of the church, to maltreat them.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:1

John the Baptist had said concerning Christ, He must increase, but I must decrease, John iii. 30 . The morning-star is here disappearing, and the Sun of righteousness rising to its meridian lustre. Here is, I. The martyrdom of John; his imprisonment for his faithfulness to Herod ( ver. 1-5 ), and the beheading of him to please Herodias, ver. 6-12 . II. The miracles of Christ. 1. His feeding five thousand men that came to him to be taught, with five loaves and two fishes, ver. 13-21 . 2. Christ's walking on the… Read the whole commentary →

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