Lux Domini
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

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Interpretation

The terror and reproach of conscience, which Herod, like other daring offenders, could not shake off, are proofs and warnings of a future judgment, and of future misery to them. But there may be the terror of convictions, where there is not the truth of conversion.

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This thought runs through Matthew 14:1-2.

Matthew 14:1 Matthew 14:2

Glossary

Galilee Place
Biblical region. Modern identification: Galilee.
Tetrarch Person
Strictly the ruler over the fourth part of a province; but the word denotes a ruler of a province generally ( Matt. 14:1 ; Luke 3:1 , 19; 9:7; Acts 13:1 ).