Matthew 14:2

Matthew 14:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)he said to his advisers, “This must be John the Baptist raised from the dead! That is why he can do such miracles.”

Context of Matthew 14:2

1At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus, and he said to his attendants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.” 3Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, 4for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

Matthew 14:2 word by word

καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ· οὗτός ἐστιν Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστής· αὐτὸς ἠγέρθη ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο αἱ δυνάμεις ἐνεργοῦσιν ἐν αὐτῷ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• untoὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• untoπαῖςpais · childG3816
• hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• the BaptistΒαπτιστήςBaptistēs · one who baptizesG910
• is risenἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• thereforeδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• mighty worksδύναμιςdunamis · powerG1411
• do shew forth themselvesἐνεργέωenergeō · be activeG1754
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722

Cross-references for Matthew 14:2

• Matthew 11:11Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
• Matthew 16:14They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
• Mark 8:28They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”
• John 10:41and many people came to him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign, all that John said about this man was true.”

Commentaries on Matthew 14:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2This is John the Baptist - , Whom I beheaded. These words are added here by the Codex Bezae and several others, by the Saxon, and five copies of the Itala. - See the power of conscience! He is miserable because he is guilty; being continually under the dominion of self-accusation, reproach, and remorse. No need for the Baptist now: conscience performs the office of ten thousand accusers! But, to complete the misery, a guilty conscience offers no relief…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2This is John the Baptist - Herod feared John. His conscience smote him for his crimes. He remembered that he had wickedly put him to death. He knew him to be a distinguished prophet; and he concluded that no other one was capable of working such miracles but he who had been so eminent a servant of God in his life, and who, he supposed, had again risen from the dead and entered the dominions of his murderer. The alarm in his court, it seems, was general…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2People were saying that John had been resurrected from the dead (see 16:14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. And said unto his servants--his counsellors or court-ministers. This is John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, &c.--The murdered prophet haunted his guilty breast like a specter and seemed to him alive again and clothed with unearthly powers in the person of Jesus. Account of the Baptist's Imprisonment and Death (Mt 14:3-12). For the exposition of this portion, see on Mr 6:17-29. For the exposition of this section--one of the very few where all…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 14:2

• Conscience
• Conviction
• Jesus, the Christ
• John
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Matthew 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings