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Mark 6:20Mark.6.20

For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

car Hérode craignait Jean, le connaissant pour un homme juste et saint; il le protégeait, et, après l'avoir entendu, il était souvent perplexe, et l'écoutait avec plaisir.

KJV

For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

Patristic reading

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  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    όπον καὶ πόλιν οὗ ἤμελλεν αὐτὸς ἔρχεσθαι. Matt. 14, 1-12 ΧΙ. Οὐκ εἰς μακρὸν δὲ τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ Ἰωάννου Mark 6, 14-29 ὑπὸ τοῦ νέου ‘Ηρῴδου τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποτμηθέντος Luke 3. 19. 20. 9, 7-9 μνημονεύει μὲν καὶ ἡ θεία τῶν εὐαγγελίων γραφή, συνιστορεῖ γε μὴν καὶ ὁ Ἰώσηπος, ὀνομαστὶ τῆς Jo…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 178 (Migne)

    , sciens eum virum sanctum, et custodiebat eum et audito eo multa faciebat et libenter eum audiebat (Marc. VI, 20) . Sed vicit eum amor mulieris. Item: Qui quoniam voluit cohibere luxuriam ad homicidae reatum prolapsus est, minusque illi peccatori majoris erat causa peccati, cum…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 182 (Migne)

    erodem Joannes propter Herodiadem uxorem Philippi fratris sui: ideo vinctus, ideo et decollatus est (Marc. VI, 17-28) , passus quidem [Col. 0232C] et ipse pro veritatis, sed quam zelare videretur, non negare cogeretur. Hinc est quod haec ipsa tanti martyris passio, multorum, eti…

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