GOSPEL READING: MATTHEW 14:1-12
He feared the people
Herod was a slave of his own situation. And the situation overpowered him so much that all what he thought was in relation to the situation. His brother’s wife Herodias and John the Baptist whom he murdered on account of her was in his thought always. He was so much possessed by the situation that anything that happened and everyone whom he met reminded of his own mistake.
Herod heard of Jesus. He thought it was John the Baptist whom he killed. He feared people. He swore things beyond his capacity (he was not in control of himself). He was distressed. These are the few statements made about Herod in this story. These do in no way speak of a person who was a king. Instead they speak of a person who was caught up in situation of slavery.
நற்செய்தி வாசகம்: மத்தேயு 14:1-12
அவர்களுக்கு அஞ்சினான்.
ஏரோது தனது சூழலிலேயே மாட்டிக்கொண்ட அடிமை. சூழல்தான் அவனை வழிநடத்தியது. அவனால் சுயமாக சிந்திக்க இயலவில்லை. பயமும் வருத்தமும்தான் அவனுக்குக் கிடைத்தது. அவனுக்கு அவனே அடிமை.
