As Jesus began teaching in many towns, the people begin to question who he truly was. In the passage of Mark 6:14-29, the people said that Jesus was a great prophet, Elijah returned, or John the Baptist raised from the dead. King Herod was disturbed by this as Herod had been the one to order the death of John the Baptist. This event can also be found in Matthew 14:1-12 and Luke 9:7-9 and Luke 3:19-20. The passage from the Gospel of Mark in Throckmorton’s Gospel Parallels is as follows: 14King Herod heard of it, for Jesus’ name had been known. Some were saying, “John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; and for this reason these powers are at work in him” 15But others said, “It is Elijah.” And others said, “It is a prophet, like one
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In all three gospels, the authors state that when news of Jesus came to Herod he immediately believed Jesus to be the man Herod had beheaded. Only in Mark and Luke does it mention what Herod’s subject had been saying about Jesus; that he was a John, raised from the dead, or Elijah, or perhaps an ancient prophet. Matthew and Mark go on to explain that John had been arrested and imprisoned because of Herod’s wife, Herodias, who had previously been his brother’s wife. John had condemned Herod’s marriage to Herodias, claiming it unlawful. This is also mentioned in Luke briefly in 3:19-20, but no blame is placed on …show more content…
According to Matthew, this was the only thing holding Herod back from doing as he wanted and killing John the Baptist. Mark, on the other hand, claims that Herod kept John alive because he wanted to hear what the prophet had to say. Either way, the decision to end John’s life was made on Herod’s birthday: the daughter of Herodias danced before Herod and his guests and enraptured them so much that Herod promised her whatever she wished. Herodias directed her daughter to ask for the head of John the Baptist and bound by oath, Herod commanded it to be so, though both Mark and Matthew note that he was grieved as he made the order. John was then beheaded in prison and his head was delivered to Herodias’ daughter on a platter, who then delivered it to her mother. John’s disciples came and took the body, burying
In all three gospels, the authors state that when news of Jesus came to Herod he immediately believed Jesus to be the man Herod had beheaded. Only in Mark and Luke does it mention what Herod’s subject had been saying about Jesus; that he was a John, raised from the dead, or Elijah, or perhaps an ancient prophet. Matthew and Mark go on to explain that John had been arrested and imprisoned because of Herod’s wife, Herodias, who had previously been his brother’s wife. John had condemned Herod’s marriage to Herodias, claiming it unlawful. This is also mentioned in Luke briefly in 3:19-20, but no blame is placed on …show more content…
According to Matthew, this was the only thing holding Herod back from doing as he wanted and killing John the Baptist. Mark, on the other hand, claims that Herod kept John alive because he wanted to hear what the prophet had to say. Either way, the decision to end John’s life was made on Herod’s birthday: the daughter of Herodias danced before Herod and his guests and enraptured them so much that Herod promised her whatever she wished. Herodias directed her daughter to ask for the head of John the Baptist and bound by oath, Herod commanded it to be so, though both Mark and Matthew note that he was grieved as he made the order. John was then beheaded in prison and his head was delivered to Herodias’ daughter on a platter, who then delivered it to her mother. John’s disciples came and took the body, burying