Matthew 14:5

Matthew 14:5
Matthew 14:5
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Book	Gospel of Matthew
Christian Bible part	New Testament

Matthew 14:5 is the fifth verse in the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.

Content[edit]

In the original Greek according to Westcott-Hort for this verse is:

Καὶ θέλων αὐτὸν ἀποκτεῖναι, ἐφοβήθη τὸν ὄχλον, ὅτι ὡς προφήτην αὐτὸν εἶχον.

In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

The New International Version translates the passage as:

Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered him a prophet.

Analysis[edit]

Seeing the people held John as a prophet Herod held back his passion, even though his wife undoubtedly would have moved him otherwise. Still from Mark 6:20 we find that Herod very much respected John's virtue and holiness.^[1]

Commentary from the Church Fathers[edit]

Jerome: "He feared a disturbance among the people for John’s sake, for he knew that multitudes had been baptized by him in Jordan; but he was overcome by love of his wife, which had already made him neglect the commands of. God."^[2]

Glossa Ordinaria: " The fear of God amends us, the fear of man torments us, but alters not our will; it rather renders us more impatient to sin as it has held us back for a time from our indulgence."^[2]

References[edit]

^ John MacEvilly, An Exposition of the Gospel of St. John consisting of an analysis of each chapter and of a Commentary critical, exegetical, doctrinal and moral, Dublin Gill & Son 1879.
^ ^a ^b "Catena Aurea: commentary on the four Gospels; collected out of the works of the Fathers. Oxford: Parker, 1874. Thomas Aquinas". This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links[edit]

Other translations of Matthew 14:5 at BibleHub

Preceded by Matthew 14:4	Gospel of Matthew Chapter 14	Succeeded by Matthew 14:6

[1] John MacEvilly, An Exposition of the Gospel of St. John consisting of an analysis of each chapter and of a Commentary critical, exegetical, doctrinal and moral, Dublin Gill & Son 1879.

[Commentary-2] "Catena Aurea: commentary on the four Gospels; collected out of the works of the Fathers. Oxford: Parker, 1874. Thomas Aquinas". This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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