马太福音 14:5

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

他想殺約翰，但又害怕群眾，因為他們都認為約翰是個先知。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
希 律 就 想 要 杀 他 ， 只 是 怕 百 姓 ， 因 为 他 们 以 约 翰 为 先 知 。

Contextual Overview

¹ At that time Herod, the ruler of Galilee, heard the reports about Jesus. ² So he said to his servants, "Jesus is John the Baptist, who has risen from the dead. That is why he can work these miracles." ³ Sometime before this, Herod had arrested John, tied him up, and put him into prison. Herod did this because of Herodias, who had been the wife of Philip, Herod's brother. ⁴ John had been telling Herod, "It is not lawful for you to be married to Herodias." ⁵ Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they believed John was a prophet. ⁶ On Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced for Herod and his guests, and she pleased him. ⁷ So he promised with an oath to give her anything she wanted. ⁸ Herodias told her daughter what to ask for, so she said to Herod, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter." ⁹ Although King Herod was very sad, he had made a promise, and his dinner guests had heard him. So Herod ordered that what she asked for be done. ¹⁰ He sent soldiers to the prison to cut off John's head.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when: Mark 6:19, Mark 6:20, Mark 14:1, Mark 14:2, Acts 4:21, Acts 5:26

because: Matthew 21:26, Matthew 21:32, Mark 11:30-32, Luke 20:6

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 26:21 - the king sought Matthew 11:9 - A prophet Matthew 14:9 - sorry Matthew 26:5 - lest Mark 11:32 - they Luke 1:76 - shalt be Acts 16:38 - and they Acts 24:25 - Go

Cross-References

Genesis 14:10
There were many tar pits in the Valley of Siddim. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah and their armies ran away, some of the soldiers fell into the tar pits, but the others ran away to the mountains.

Genesis 14:11
Now Kedorlaomer and his armies took everything the people of Sodom and Gomorrah owned, including their food.

Genesis 14:20
And we praise God Most High, who has helped you to defeat your enemies." Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything he had brought back from the battle.

Genesis 14:23
I promise that I will not keep anything that is yours. I will not keep even a thread or a sandal strap so that you cannot say, ‘I made Abram rich.'

Genesis 15:20
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,

Deuteronomy 1:4
This was after the Lord had defeated Sihon and Og. Sihon was king of the Amorite people and lived in Heshbon. Og was king of Bashan and lived in Ashteroth and Edrei.

Deuteronomy 3:11
(Only Og king of Bashan was left of the few Rephaites. His bed was made of iron, and it was more than thirteen feet long and six feet wide! It is still in the Ammonite city of Rabbah.)

Deuteronomy 3:20
until the Lord also gives your Israelite relatives a place to rest. They will receive the land the Lord your God has given them on the other side of the Jordan River. After that, you may each return to the land I have given you."

Deuteronomy 3:22
Don't be afraid of them, because the Lord your God will fight for you."

Joshua 12:4
Og king of Bashan was one of the last of the Rephaites. He ruled the land in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he would have put him to death,.... As soon as he apprehended him, and put him into prison; being provoked by his reproving him, and being stirred up by Herodias, who was greatly incensed and enraged, and would have killed him herself, but could not, being hindered by Herod: who, though he had a good will and strong inclination to take away his life, yet what with fearing the terror of his own conscience, and the reverence and respect he had for John, as a good man; and especially for the reason here given, he did not do it, for

he feared the multitude: not God, but the multitude; and these, not only the large number of people that attended on John's ministry, and were baptized by him, and became his disciples, but the generality of the people, the whole body of the Jewish nation. So God is pleased oftentimes to restrain the wickedness of princes, by the fear of their subjects:

because they counted him as a prophet; a holy good man, and who was sent of God; they respected him as such, believing him to be a true and real prophet, and treated him with honour and reverence, suitable to his character; wherefore Herod was afraid, should he take away his life, that the people would mutiny, rise up against him, and revolt from him. In what esteem John was with the people of the Jews in general, may be learned from the character Josephus gives of him, as a good man; who stirred up the Jews to the practice of virtue, especially piety and justice; which made the common people fond of him and his doctrine; and who were of opinion, that the defeat of Herod's army, which followed the death of John, was a just judgment of God upon him for it m.

m Antiqu. 1. 18. c. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For Herod had laid hold on John ... - See Mark 6:17-20; Luke 3:19-20. This Herodias was a granddaughter of Herod the Great. She was first married to Herod Philip, by whom she had a daughter, Salome, probably the one that danced and pleased Herod. Josephus says that this marriage of Herod Antipas with Herodias took place while he was on a journey to Rome. He stopped at his brother’s; fell in love with his wife; agreed to put away his own wife, the daughter of Aretas, King of Petraea; and Herodias agreed to leave her own husband and live with him. They were living, therefore, in adultery; and John, in faithfulness, though at the risk of his life, had reproved them for their crimes. Herod was guilty of two crimes in this act:

1. Of “adultery,” since she was the wife of another man.
2. Of “incest,” since she was a near relation, and such marriages were expressly forbidden, Leviticus 18:16.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 14:5. He feared the multitude — Miserable prince! who fears more to offend his people, than to sin against his God, by shedding innocent blood. When a man resists sin only by the help of human motives, he cannot long defend himself.