Matthew 11:1-19
Doubting of John The Baptist
Matthew 11:20-24
Clear Teaching of The Word
Matthew 11:25-30
Finding Rest From Your Burdens
Matthew 12:1-14
The Sabbath Law
Matthew 12:15-21
Preaching Teaching and Healing
Matthew 12:22-37
What is The Unpardonable Sin
Matthew 12:46-50
Need For Personal Relationship With Jesus
Matthew 13:1-9
Teaching in Parables
Matthew 13:10-17
The Secret Message
Matthew 13:18-30
The Parable of The Seeds
Matthew 13:24-35
Stories About a Mustard Seed And Yeast
Matthew 13:36-43
The Story About The Weeds
Matthew 13:44-52
What The Kingdom of Heaven is Like
Matthew 13:53-58
Jesus is Rejected in His Home Town
Matthew 14:1-12
Herod Antipas’ False Assumption
Matthew 14:13-21
Steps to Problem Solving
Matthew 14:22-36
The Storms of Life
Matthew 15:1-9
The Teaching of Ancestors
Matthew 15:10-20
What Really Makes People Unclean
Matthew 15:21-28
A Canaanite Women With Great Faith
Matthew 15:29-39
Feeding The Four Thousand
Matthew 16:1-12
The Religious Leader’s Demand
Matthew 16:13-20
Peter’s Confession
Matthew 16:21-28
Surrender to The Cross
Matthew 17:1-13
The Transfiguration
Herod Antipas’ False Assumption
Matthew 14:1–12
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It seems likely that this event took place after the mission of the disciples (Mk. 6:7). The multiplication of Jesus influence through His disciples caused Herod to get upset. When Herod heard about Jesus and His miraculous powers, he was sure that John the Baptist had risen from the dead (vv. 1-2). This was Herod Antipas who ruled over a fourth of Palestine. His father, Herod the great was the one who had ordered the Bethlehem babies killed (Matt. 2:16).
Herod Antipas was living with Herodias, his sister-in-law, the wife of his half brother Philip so this was an immoral relationship (v. 3). Boldly John the Baptist warned Herod and called him to repent (v. 4). Instead of listening to God’s servant and obeying God’s Word, Herod arrested John and imprisoned him in the fortress of Makers (now called Massada) on a mountain about four miles east of the Dead Sea which was where one of Herod’s palaces was located (v. 5). He would have executed John, but he was afraid a riot would break out because of John’s popularity.
When Herod’s birthday was celebrated, Herodias, one of the most wicked and perverse women mentioned in Scripture plotted to have her teen-age daughter perform a lewd dance before her stepfather (vv. 6-11). The king, who was thought to be in a drunken stupor, promised with an oath to give her whatever she wanted. Following her mother’s request, John the Baptist’s head was brought to her on a platter. The followers of John took his body and buried it but did not tell Jesus until later (v. 12). Later, hearing about the marvelous work of Jesus, Herod was sure John had been raised from the dead.
Application
Can I think of a time in my life when I have given in to peer pressure and did something I knew I should not do? If found in the same situation again what would I do?
Matthew 14:1-12 (English Standard Version)
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