To read the texts click on the texts:Ex 25:1,8-17; Mt 14:1-12
Herod mentioned at the beginning of this
story of the death of John the Baptist found also in Mark 6,14-29 is Herod
Antipas and the son of Herod the Great mentioned in the Infancy narrative of
Matthew (2,3). Though Matthew has taken this story from Mark, he shortens it
considerably. Matthew’s reason for Herod wanting to kill John is the same as
Mark, John had objected to Herod having married Herodias, his brother Philip’s
wife. In Matthew, unlike in Mark, it is not Herodias who wants to kill John,
but Herod himself. When the daughter of Herodias (who is not named) pleases
Herod with her dance on his birthday, she asks for the head of John the
Baptist. After burying John, his disciples go and tell Jesus about what
had happened.
It is not always easy for us to take a
stand against injustice. Yet this is what this text is calling us to do. In the
process on taking a stand we might become unpopular or sometimes the object of
ridicule. The challenge is how much we are willing to risk.
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