Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
And they went and told Jesus (kai elqontev aphggeilan tw Ihsou). As was meet after they had given his body decent burial. It was a shock to the Master who alone knew how great John really was. The fate of John was a prophecy of what was before Jesus. According to Matthew 14:13 the news of the fate of John led to the withdrawal of Jesus to the desert privately, an additional motive besides the need for rest after the strain of the recent tour.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 14:12:
Matthew 24:28
Mark 6:17
Mark 6:17
Mark 6:29
Mark 8:15
Acts 19:1
Revelation 11:8
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