Mark 6:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

For Herod feared Iohn, knowing that hee was a iust man, and an holy, and reuerenced him, and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

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  • Matt 21:26 : 26 And if we say, Of men, we feare the multitude, for all holde Iohn as a Prophet.
  • Mark 4:16 : 16 And likewise they that receiue the seede in stony ground, are they, which whe they haue heard the word, straightwayes receiue it with gladnesse.
  • Matt 14:5 : 5 And when hee woulde haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.
  • Mark 11:18 : 18 And the Scribes and hie Priestes heard it, and sought howe to destroy him: for they feared him, because the whole multitude was astonied at his doctrine.
  • John 5:35 : 35 He was a burning, & a shining candle: and ye would for a season haue reioyced in his light.
  • Exod 11:3 : 3 And the Lorde gaue the people fauour in the sight of the Egyptians: also Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaohs seruantes, and in the sight of the people.)
  • 1 Kgs 21:20 : 20 And Ahab sayd to Eliiah, Hast thou found mee, O mine enemie? And he answered, I haue found thee: for thou hast solde thy selfe to worke wickednes in the sight of the Lord.
  • 2 Kgs 3:12-13 : 12 Then Iehoshaphat saide, The worde of the Lorde is with him. Therefore the King of Israel, and Iehoshaphat, and the King of Edom went downe to him. 13 And Elisha sayde vnto the King of Israel, What haue I to doe with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father and to the prophets of thy mother; the King of Israel saide vnto him, Nay: for the Lord hath called these three Kings, to giue them into the hande of Moab.
  • 2 Kgs 6:21 : 21 And the King of Israel sayde vnto Elisha when he sawe them, My father, shall I smite them, shall I smite them?
  • 2 Kgs 13:14 : 14 When Elisha fell sicke of his sickenesse whereof he dyed, Ioash the King of Israel came downe vnto him, and wept vpon his face, and sayd, O my father, my father, the charet of Israel, and the horsemen of the same.
  • 2 Chr 24:2 : 2 And Ioash did vprightly in the sight of the Lord, all the dayes of Iehoiada the Priest.
  • 2 Chr 24:15-22 : 15 But Iehoiada waxed olde, and was ful of dayes and dyed. An hundreth and thirtie yeere olde was he when he dyed. 16 And they buried him in the citie of Dauid with the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house. 17 And after the death of Iehoiada, came the princes of Iudah, and did reuerence to the King, and the King hearkened vnto them. 18 And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and serued groues and idoles: & wrath came vpon Iudah and Ierusalem, because of this their trespasse. 19 And God sent Prophets amog the, to bring them againe vnto the Lord: & they made protestation among them, but they would not heare. 20 And the Spirit of God came vpon Zechariah the sonne of Iehoiada the Priest, which stoode aboue the people, and sayde vnto them, Thus sayth God, Why transgresse ye the commaundements of the Lorde? surely ye shall not prosper: because ye haue forsaken the Lorde, he also hath forsaken you. 21 Then they conspired against him & stoned him with stones at the commandement of the King, in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Ioash the King remembred not the kindnesse which Iehoiada his father had done to him, but slewe his sonne; when he dyed, he sayd, The Lord looke vpon it, and require it.
  • 2 Chr 26:5 : 5 And he sought God in the dayes of Zechariah (which vnderstoode the visions of God) and when as he sought the Lorde, God made him to prosper.
  • Ps 106:12-13 : 12 Then beleeued they his wordes, and sang prayse vnto him. 13 But incontinently they forgate his workes: they wayted not for his counsell,
  • Ezek 2:5-7 : 5 But surely they will not heare, neither in deede will they cease: for they are a rebellious house: yet shall they knowe that there hath bene a Prophet among them. 6 And thou sonne of man, feare them not, neither be afraide of their wordes, although rebels, and thornes be with thee, and thou remainest with scorpions: feare not their wordes, nor be afrayde at their lookes, for they are a rebellious house. 7 Therefore thou shalt speake my words vnto them: but surely they will not heare, neither will they in deede cease: for they are rebellious.
  • Ezek 33:32 : 32 And loe, thou art vnto them, as a iesting song of one that hath a pleasant voyce, and can sing well: for they heare thy woordes, but they doe them not.
  • Dan 4:18 : 18 (4:15) This is the dreame, that I King Nebuchad-nezzar haue seene: therefore thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof: for all the wisemen of my kingdome are not able to shewe mee the interpretation: but thou art able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 (4:24) Wherefore, O King, let my counsell be acceptable vnto thee, and breake off thy sinnes by righteousnes, and thine iniquities by mercy toward the poore: lo, let there be an healing of thine errour.
  • Dan 5:17 : 17 Then Daniel answered, and sayd before the King, Keepe thy rewards to thy selfe, and giue thy giftes to another: yet I will reade the writing vnto the King, and shew him the interpretation.

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    1 At that time Herod the Tetrarche heard of the fame of Iesus,

    2 And sayde vnto his seruaunts, This is that Iohn Baptist, hee is risen againe from the deade, and therefore great woorkes are wrought by him.

    3 For Herod had taken Iohn, and bounde him, and put him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife.

    4 For Iohn saide vnto him, It is not lawfull for thee to haue her.

    5 And when hee woulde haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.

    6 But when Herods birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunced before them, and pleased Herod.

    7 Wherefore he promised with an othe, that he would giue her whatsoeuer she would aske.

  • Mark 6:16-19
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    16 So when Herod heard it, he said, It is Iohn whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

    17 For Herod him selfe had sent forth, & had taken Iohn, and bound him in prison for Herodias sake, which was his brother Philippes wife, because he had maried her.

    18 For Iohn sayd vnto Herod, It is not lawfull for thee to haue thy brothers wife.

    19 Therefore Herodias layd waite against him, & would haue killed him, but she could not:

  • Mark 6:21-23
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    21 But the time being conuenient, when Herod on his birth day made a banket to his princes and captaines, and chiefe estates of Galile:

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    23 And he sware vnto her, Whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of me, I will giue it thee, euen vnto the halfe of my kingdome.

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    14 Then King Herod heard of him (for his name was made manifest) and sayd, Iohn Baptist is risen againe from the dead, and therefore great workes are wrought by him.

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    19 But when Herod the Tetrarch was rebuked of him, for Herodias his brother Philips wife, and for all the euils which Herod had done,

    20 He added yet this aboue all, that he shut vp Iohn in prison.

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    9 Then Herod sayd, Iohn haue I beheaded: who then is this of whome I heare such things? And he desired to see him.

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    7 And when he knewe that he was of Herods iurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, which was also at Hierusalem in those dayes.

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    25 Then she came in straightway with haste vnto the King, & asked, saying, I would that thou shouldest giue me euen now in a charger the head of Iohn Baptist.

    26 Then the King was very sory: yet for his othes sake, and for their sakes which sate at table with him, he would not refuse her.

    27 And immediately the King sent the hangman, and gaue charge that his head shoulde be brought in. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,

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    32 But if we say, Of men, we feare the people: for all men counted Iohn, that he was a Prophet in deede.

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    9 And the King was sorie: neuerthelesse because of the othe, and them that sate with him at the table, he commanded it to be giuen her,

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    21 And vpon a day appointed, Herod arayed himselfe in royall apparell, and sate on the iudgement seate, and made an oration vnto them.

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    26 And if we say, Of men, we feare the multitude, for all holde Iohn as a Prophet.

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    1 Nowe about that time, Herod the King stretched forth his hands to vexe certaine of the Church,

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    12 And when Iesus had heard that Iohn was committed to prison, he returned into Galile.

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    31 The same day there came certaine Pharises, and said vnto him, Depart, and goe hence: for Herod will kill thee.

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    18 And the disciples of Iohn shewed him of all these things.

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    15 As the people waited, and all men mused in their heartes of Iohn, if he were not that Christ,

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    2 And when Iohn heard in the prison the woorkes of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and sayde vnto him,

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    8 When Pilate then heard that woorde, he was the more afraide,

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    46 And they seeking to laye handes on him, feared the people, because they tooke him as a Prophet.

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    24 For Iohn was not yet cast into prison.

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    7 Then Herod priuily called the Wisemen, and diligently inquired of them the time of the starre that appeared,

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    15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him: and loe, nothing worthy of death is done of him.

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    35 I will heare thee, said he, when thine accusers also are come, and commaunded him to bee kept in Herods iudgement hall.

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    1 Nowe when the Lord knew, how the Pharises had heard, that Iesus made and baptized moe disciples then Iohn,

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    29 Then all the people that heard, and the Publicanes iustified God, being baptized with the baptisme of Iohn.

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    41 And many resorted vnto him, and saide, Iohn did no miracle: but all thinges that Iohn spake of this man, were true.