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Nov 7, 2023 · Luke 13:31-32 KJV. 31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. 32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. In day-to-day language, fox is a metaphor ...
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Matt 8:20 - Jesus replied, “ Foxes have dens and birds of...
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Feb 26, 2010 · Why call Herod a “fox”? Herod was the tetrarch (meaning “ruler of a fourth,” for the kingdom was divided) of Galilee, in whose territory Jesus was active. We all know about Herod the Great, the one who was in power when Jesus was born and who slaughtered the innocent children after the Magi told him about the Christ child, but this is his son, Herod Antipas.
Herod, who it may be sent them, of which Christ was not ignorant, nor of his design in it; and who, as Nero, for his cruelty, is compared to a lion, so he for his subtlety in this instance, as well as in the whole of his conduct, to a fox; though some think Christ has a regard to the Pharisees, and their craftiness, in forming this story, pretending good will to him, by acquainting him of ...
Verse 32. - And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox; literally, that she-fox. The Lord saw through the shallow device, and, in reply to his false friends, bade them go to that intriguing and false court with a message which he would give them, The epithet "she-fox" is perhaps the bitterest and most contemptuous name ever given by the pitiful Master to any of the sons of men.
Matt 8:20 - Jesus replied, “ Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”. Luke 9:58 - Jesus replied, “ Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”. Luke 13:32 - But Jesus replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘Look, I will keep ...
Jesus' comment also implies the Pharisees are reporting back to Herod Antipas. The sequence of "today and tomorrow, and the third day" found here and in the next verse is a figure of speech. Jesus will neither enter Jerusalem nor be crucified three days from this point. The phrase means that He will not change His schedule because of Herod.
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Mar 24, 2021 · Herod Antipas, that Fox. This is the Herod that Jesus called “ that fox. ” Jesus was not referring to the king’s personal pulchritude. From a study of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew literature it can be seen that the fox is both crafty and inferior in its position. The fox is an insignificant or base person, in contrast to the lion.
