Mat 14:1 | Clarke | STEP | Herod, having heard the fame of Christ, supposes him to be John the Baptist, risen from the dead, , . A circumstantial account of the beheading of John the Baptist, . Five thousand men, besides women and children, fed with five loaves and two fishes, . The disciples take ship, and Jesus stays behind, and goes privately into a mountain to pray, , . A violent storm arises, by which the lives of the disciples are endangered, . In their extremity, Jesus appears to them, walking upon the water, . Peter, at the command of his Master, leaves the ship, and walks on the water to meet Christ, . They both enter the ship, and the storm ceases, , . They come into the land of Gennesaret, and he heals many diseased people, . Verse 1 Herod the tetrarch - This was Herod Antipas, the son of Herod the Great. See the notes on , where an account is given of the Herod family. The word tetrarch properly signifies a person who rules over the fourth part of a country; but it is taken in a more general sense by the Jewish writers, meaning sometimes a governor simply, or a king; see . The estates of Herod the Great were not, at his death, divided into four tetrarchies, but only into three: one was given by the Emperor Augustus to Archelaus; the second to Herod Antipas, the person in the text; and the third to Philip: all three, sons of Herod the Great.

Matthew 14:1

Introduction

Herod, having heard the fame of Christ, supposes him to be John the Baptist, risen from the dead, Mat 14:1, Mat 14:2. A circumstantial account of the beheading of John the Baptist, Mat 14:3-12. Five thousand men, besides women and children, fed with five loaves and two fishes, Mat 14:13-21. The disciples take ship, and Jesus stays behind, and goes privately into a mountain to pray, Mat 14:22, Mat 14:23. A violent storm arises, by which the lives of the disciples are endangered, Mat 14:24. In their extremity, Jesus appears to them, walking upon the water, Mat 14:25-27. Peter, at the command of his Master, leaves the ship, and walks on the water to meet Christ, Mat 14:28-31. They both enter the ship, and the storm ceases, Mat 14:32, Mat 14:33. They come into the land of Gennesaret, and he heals many diseased people, Mat 14:34-36.

Verse 1

Herod the tetrarch - This was Herod Antipas, the son of Herod the Great. See the notes on Mat 2:1, where an account is given of the Herod family. The word tetrarch properly signifies a person who rules over the fourth part of a country; but it is taken in a more general sense by the Jewish writers, meaning sometimes a governor simply, or a king; see Mat 14:9. The estates of Herod the Great were not, at his death, divided into four tetrarchies, but only into three: one was given by the Emperor Augustus to Archelaus; the second to Herod Antipas, the person in the text; and the third to Philip: all three, sons of Herod the Great.