Was highly displeased (ην θυμομαχων). Periphrastic imperfect active of θυμομαχεω, late compound of θυμος (passionate heat) and μαχ…

And Herod was highly displeased, etc. Greek, bore a hostile mind, intending war. The Greek word—yumomacwn—does …

Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon.—Literally, as in the margin, was in a hostile state of mind; was, in mod…

(18–19a) In Roman law, a guard who allowed his prisoner to escape was subject to the same penalty the escaped prisoner would have suffered. No wond…

This is a worthy history, which not only shows, as if in a mirror, what end is prepared for the enemies of the Church, but also how greatly God hat…

And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and
Sidon
Two cities on the sea coa…

Many pagan princes claimed and received divine honors, but it was far more horrible impiety in Herod, who knew the word and worship of the living G…