Ms. Rochelle Ann Laura
2019
Mark 6:14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. (14) That John the Baptist was risen from the dead.—See Notes on Matthew 14:1-2. In addition an interesting illustration of what is stated as to Herod’s belief may be given from the Roman poet Persius. He is describing in one of his satires (v. 180-188) the effect of superstitious fear in marring all the pleasures of the pride of luxurious pomp, and this is the illustration which he chooses:— “But when the feast of Herod’s birthday comes, And, through the window, smoke-besmeared, the lamps, Set in due order, wreaths of violets round, Pour out their oily fumes, and in the dish Of red-clay porcelain tail of tunny swims, And the white flagon bellies out with wine, Thou mov’st thy lips, yet speak’st not, and in fear Thou keep’st the Sabbath of the circumcised, And then there rise dark spectres of the dead, And the cracked egg-shell bodes of coming ill . . .Elliott COMMENTARY
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