And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
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Glossa Ordinaria
AD 1480
Non occ.: The Evangelist had above shown the Pharisees speaking falsely against Christ's miracles, and just now His fellow-citizens wondering, yet despising Him; he now relates what opinion Herod had formed concerning Christ on hearing of His miracles, and says, “At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus.”.
ord.: Having mentioned this supposition of John’s resurrection, because he had never yet spoken of his death, he now returns, and narrates how it came topass.
ord.: And perhaps he observed the Jewish Law, according to which John forbade him this adultery. "And desiring to kill him, he feared the people.”.
ord.: The fear of God amends us, the fear of man torments us, but alters no tour will; it rather renders us more impatient to sin as it has held us back fora time from our indulgence.
