Heard (ηκουσεν). This tour of Galilee by the disciples in pairs wakened all Galilee, for the name of Jesus thus became known (φανε…

That John the Baptist was risen from the dead.—See Notes on Matthew 14:1-2. In addition, an interesting illustration of what is st…

Glossa Ordinaria: After the preaching of Christ's disciples and the working of miracles, the Evangelist fittingly adds an acco…

The Herod mentioned here is Antipas (son of Herod the Great and Malthace), tetrarch of Galilee and Perea. Mark may be using the title of “King” her…

And king Herod heard [of him]
"Of Jesus", as the Syriac version supplies it; or "the miracles of Jesus", as the Pers…

Herod feared John while he lived, and feared him still more when he was dead. Herod did many of those things which John in his preaching taught him…