[77] Whether the dialogue between John and his complaining disciples ([John iii. 25 ff.]) be likewise a transmutation of the corresponding scene, [Matt. ix. 14 f.], as Bretschneider seeks to show, must remain uncertain. Probab., p. 66 ff. [↑]
[78] That Jesus, as many suppose, assigns a low rank to the Baptist, because the latter thought of introducing the new order of things by external violence, is not to be detected in the gospels. [↑]
[79] For a different explanation see Schneckenburger, Beiträge, s. 48 ff. [↑]
[81] This former husband of Herodias is named by the Evangelists, Philip, by Josephus, Herod. He was the son of the high priest’s daughter, Mariamne, and lived as a private person. V. Antiq. xv. ix. 3; xviii. v. 1. 4. B. j. i. xxix. 2, xxx. 7. [↑]
[83] Hase, Leben Jesu, s. 88. [↑]
[84] Fritzsche, Comm. in Matth. in loc. Winer, bibl. Realwörterb. 1, s. 694. [↑]
[85] Paulus, exeg. Handb. 1, a, s. 361; Schleiermacher, über den Lukas, s. 109. [↑]