Mark 6:16 (WEB)
But Herod, when he heard this, said, “This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead.”
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Augustine of Hippo
“Mark gives the same passage, and in the same manner, but not in the same order.” — editor's note: Mark vi. 14–16.
Read the whole comment“…a number of things which He did in Galilee, they come to Herod’s admonition or doubt as to the rising again from the dead of that John whom he beheaded; and in connection with this latter occasion, they give us the story of all that occurred in the matter of John’s incarceration and death.” — editor's note: Matt. xiv. 1, 2; Mark vi. 14–16.
Read the whole commentChapter IV.—Of the Words, “The More He Charged Them to Tell No One, So Much the More a Great Deal They Published It;” And of the Question Whether that Statement is Not Inconsistent with His Prescience, Which is…
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John Chrysostom
“For this both Mark and Luke report that he said, “John I beheaded.”” — editor's note: Mark vi. 16; Luke ix. 9.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- Glossa OrdinariaCatena Aurea on Mark
After the preaching of the disciples of Christ, and the working of miracles, the Evangelist fitly subjoins an account of the report, which arose amongst the people. Wherefore he says, “And king Herod heard of Him.”
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This Herod is the son of the first Herod, under whom Joseph had led Jesus into Egypt. But Matthew calls him Tetrarch, and Luke mentions him as ruling over one fourth of his father’s kingdom; for the Romans after the…
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It goes on, “For His name was spread abroad.” For it is not right that a candle should be placed under a bushel. “And they said,” that is, some of the multitude, “that John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and…
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Here we are taught how great was the envy of the Jews. For, lo, they believe that John, of whom it was said that he did no miracle, could rise from the dead, and that, without the witness of any one. But Jesus,…
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For John confuted many men, when he said, “Ye generation of vipers.” It goes on: “But others said, that it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.”
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Is seems to me that this prophet means that one of whom Moses said, “God will raise up a prophet unto thee of thy brethren.” [Deut 18:15] They were right indeed, but because they feared to say openly, This is the…
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Or else, Herod, knowing that he without a cause had slain John, who was a just man, thought that he had risen from the dead, and had received through his resurrection the power of working miracles.
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But in these words Luke bears witness to Mark, to this point at least, that others and not Herod said that John had risen; but Luke had represented Herod as hesitating and has put down his words as if he said, “John…
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 6:14–16 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.44.
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.44.
Cited together in Pseudo-Chrysostom on Mark 6:14–16 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Harmony of the Gospels II.44.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on Mark 6:14–16 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.