cerning Him, one of which in particular above the rest is indi cated in fine in ver. 16, as having seemed probable to Herod. Therefore the parenthesis, if it be desirable to mark one before fnvtpbvj ought to close, not at aurov, but at wpopTjTuv, ver. 15, so that the i}-/.oveiv of ver. 14 should be evidently resumed in the axouffas of ver. 16. Nor should Mark thus be said to ascribe to Herod twice, although to others not even once, the opinion which Herod received from others, especially inasmuch as Herod was more in doubt than the others. Therefore either sXsyov,1 they ivere saying, ought to be read ; or else sXeyev, he said, does not refer to Herod ; but the participle [one] saying is to be sup plied in an indefinite sense to that verb, as pjj<»V, said one, is often used, viz. 6 s/Vwv, one saying [the sayer] being understood. See on Chrysost. de Sacerd., p. 477 ; Glass. Can. 23, de Verbo ; and Hiller, Syntagm., p. 325.
15. "AXXo/, others} The variety of human opinions on Divine subjects is astonishing. It is of some benefit to the disciples to know it, ch. viii. 28 ; but it rather agitates than benefits Herod. However great be that variety, yet often the truth lies outside of it.
16. 'Axou<ra; fe, but having heard) This is repeated from ver. 14.
19. 'EVE/J/EI/) had an inward grudge towards him.
20. 'Efo/Sa/ro, feared) Holiness makes a man an object of reverential awe. John did not fear Herod. — eld&s, knowing) This affords an argument for the truth of religion : the fear of the bad, and their reverence towards piety, [lie did not, how ever, recognise him as a prophet. The estimate formed by men of the world does not reach to the main turning point of the truth. Judas himself, when now overwhelmed by the mists of despair, did not call Jesus the Christ, but the innocent blood. — V. g.] — ewtrripti, was guarding him [but Eng. Vers. observed him]) against Herodias. — TroXXd — qxous, many things — heard) And yet Herod was not a pious man.
21. Tsvtaloii) rm<r/a, This is the genus : yev'idXia, the species. The latter denotes properly a birth-day feast [or celebration] ;
1 Tisch. reads '&f/ei/ with ACGLA Vulg. c. Lachm. '&f/ov with B and D (fhi-yoactv) ab. — ED. and TRANSL.
The Germ. Vers. does not follow the observation of the Gnomon in this place, but the margin of both editions, preferring the reading faf/ty. — E. B.