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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Mark 6:19

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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6:19-28 Herodias’s role in the murder of John the Baptist recalls the story of Jezebel (1 Kgs 19:1-2). Herod succumbed to pressure (Mark 6:26-28), which foreshadows the later story of Pontius Pilate, who put Jesus to death against his better judgment (cp. 6:20, 25-28 with 15:6-15).
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