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IVP New Testament Commentary Series – A Prophet Martyred (14:1-12)
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IVP New Testament Commentary Series
Matthew
THE REJECTED PROPHET (13:53-17:27)
The Threatened Prophet (13:53-14:36)
A Prophet Martyred (14:1-12)
A Prophet Martyred (14:1-12)
- Herod Antipas's Guilty Conscience (14:1-2)
- The Powerful Can Mistake Moral Reproof for Political Pronouncements (14:3-4)
- God Can Use Various Means to Restrain Evil (14:5)
- Antipas Ensnares Himself in Deeper Sin Through Lust and Oaths (14:6-7)
- Speaking for Righteousness Can Elicit Enmity in High Places (14:8)
- John's Friends and Enemies React to His Martyrdom (14:9-12)
The parallels between the missions of John and Jesus have been building toward the climax of this paragraph. John has introduced Jesus, proclaiming the same message that Jesus would (3:2; 4:17). After Jesus promises persecution and speaks of prophets (10:17-42), he praises John in prison as his ally (11:2-19); narratives about those who reject Jesus follow that account (11:20-25; 12:1-14). But nowhere does John's fate prefigure that of Jesus so clearly as here: if Jesus himself proves to be "a prophet without honor" among his people (13:53-58), what is to keep him from the fate of John the Baptist (14:1-12; 17:12)? And if for Jesus, how much more for us who follow him (5:12)?
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