{For Herod himself} (Autos gar ho H(8872)(9369)d(8873)). Mark now
proceeds to give the narrative of the death of John the Baptist
some while before these nervous fears of Herod. But this _post
eventum_ narrative is very little out of the chronological order.
The news of John's death at Machaerus may even have come at the
close of the Galilean tour. "The tidings of the murder of the
Baptist seem to have brought the recent circuit to an end"
(Swete). The disciples of John "went and told Jesus. Now when
Jesus heard it, he withdrew from thence in a boat" ( Mt
14:12f. ). See on 烘t 14:3-12| for the discussion about Herod
Antipas and John and Herodias.