马可福音 6:21

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

有一天，機會來了。在希律生日的那一天，他為大臣、千夫長和加利利的要人擺設了筵席。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
有 一 天 ， 恰 巧 是 希 律 的 生 日 ， 希 律 摆 设 筵 席 ， 请 了 大 臣 和 千 夫 长 ， 并 加 利 利 作 首 领 的 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ King Herod heard about Jesus, because he was now well known. Some people said, "He is John the Baptist, who has risen from the dead. That is why he can work these miracles." ¹⁵ Others said, "He is Elijah." Other people said, "Jesus is a prophet, like the prophets who lived long ago." ¹⁶ When Herod heard this, he said, "I killed John by cutting off his head. Now he has risen from the dead!" ¹⁷ Herod himself had ordered his soldiers to arrest John and put him in prison in order to please his wife, Herodias. She had been the wife of Philip, Herod's brother, but then Herod had married her. ¹⁸ John had been telling Herod, "It is not lawful for you to be married to your brother's wife." ¹⁹ So Herodias hated John and wanted to kill him. But she couldn't, ²⁰ because Herod was afraid of John and protected him. He knew John was a good and holy man. Also, though John's preaching always bothered him, he enjoyed listening to John. ²¹ Then the perfect time came for Herodias to cause John's death. On Herod's birthday, he gave a dinner party for the most important government leaders, the commanders of his army, and the most important people in Galilee. ²² When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and the people eating with him. So King Herod said to the girl, "Ask me for anything you want, and I will give it to you." ²³ He promised her, "Anything you ask for I will give to you—up to half of my kingdom."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when: Genesis 27:41, 2 Samuel 13:23-29, Esther 3:7, Psalms 37:12, Psalms 37:13, Acts 12:2-4

his birthday: Genesis 40:20, Esther 1:3-7, Esther 2:18, Proverbs 31:4, Proverbs 31:5, Daniel 5:1-4, Hosea 7:5, 1 Peter 4:3, Revelation 11:10

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:15 - a feast Esther 1:11 - Vashti Ecclesiastes 7:4 - the heart Matthew 14:6 - birthday 1 Corinthians 16:12 - when

Cross-References

Job 38:41
Who gives food to the birds when their young cry out to God and wander about without food?

Job 40:20
The hills, where the wild animals play, provide food for it.

Psalms 35:6
Let their road be dark and slippery as the angel of the Lord chases them.

Psalms 136:25
He gives food to every living creature. His love continues forever.

Psalms 145:16
You open your hand, and you satisfy all living things.

Psalms 147:9
He gives food to cattle and to the little birds that call.

Matthew 6:26
Look at the birds in the air. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, but your heavenly Father feeds them. And you know that you are worth much more than the birds.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when a convenient day was come,.... For Herodias; who had long sought and watched for an opportunity of avenging herself on John, and such a time Herod's birthday proved; though some think, that this phrase is the same with יום טוב, "a good day"; often used by the Jews for a festival, any one of their feast days; there is a tract in their Misna which bears this name; and that such a day was this. But not one of the festivals of the Jews was this, as either their passover, or pentecost, or feast of tabernacles, which Herod had no regard to; but his own birthday, which he kept as a festival, in eating, and drinking, and dancing; and so was a very opportune and seasonable time for Herodias to take the advantage of Herod when in a good humour, amidst his company, and in his cups, to solicit that, which she had often done without success: and so it was now,

that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee: this birthday, was either the day of his natural, or civil birth; the day when he was born into the world, or of his accession to the throne;

:-, when he made a grand entertainment in the evening for his nobles, and the officers of the army, the captains of thousands, and the principal men, those of the first rank and quality in Galilee, of which he was Tetrarch.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 21. Lords — μεγιστασιν, probably governors of particular districts.

High captains — χιλιαρχοις; literally, chiefs or captains over a thousand men, military chiefs.

Chief estates — πρωτοις; probably such as might be called nobles by title only, having no office civil or military; probably magistrates. See KYPKE an the place.