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MATTHEW 14:2 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 14:1Matt 14:3
“And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.”
And he said to his servants: this is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why miraculous powers are at work in him. Herod's guilty conscience produces the identification of Jesus with the resurrected John the Baptist. The superstitious fear that the man he killed has been raised from the dead communicates the haunting power of an unjust execution: Herod cannot escape the memory of John, and Jesus' fame renews the guilt. The miraculous powers at work in the resurrected John is Herod's explanation for what he cannot otherwise account for.

Church Fathers on Matthew 14:2

The Evangelist had above shewn the Pharisees speaking falsely against Christ’s miracles, and just now His fellow-citizens wondering, yet despising Him; he now relates what opinion Herod had formed concerning Christ on hearing of His miracles, and says, 'At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus.'

Gloss (Glossa Ordinaria) · medieval compilation · non occ.

It is not without reason that the Evangelist here specifies the time, but that you may understand the pride and carelessness of the tyrant; inasmuch as he had not at the first made himself acquainted with the things concerning Christ, but now only after long time. Thus they, who in authority are fenced about with much pomp, learn these things slowly, because they do not much regard them.

Chrysostom · 4th century

Matthew says, 'At that time,' not, On that day, or, In that same hour; for Mark relates the same circumstances, but not in the same order. He places this after the mission of the disciples to preach, though not implying that it necessarily follows there; any more than Luke, who follows the same order as Mark.

Augustine · 4th century · De Cons. Ev., ii, 43
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