Those Who Bring Good News Must Also Rebuke in Love “But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias , his brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done, Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.” ( Luke 3:18–20 ) As I meditate on these verses, I wish to receive the lesson contained in them. (1) John the Baptist, who proclaimed “good news” to the people (Luke 3:18), rebuked “ Herod the tetrarch ” (v.19)—the same Herod Antipas mentioned in verse 1 (Hokmah)—because of “ his marriage to Herodias , his brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done” (v.19). (a) The phrase “ his brother’s wife Herodias ” (v.19) refers to the fact that Herod took his brother Philip’s wife, Herodias (Matt. 14:4; Mark 6:17). Around A.D. 26, Herod divorced his first wife—the daughter of King Aretas of Arabia —and...
격려의 말 하나님의 계명을 어기고 사람의 전통을 지키는 자들은 성경에서 시키지도 않은 말로 새 신자들을 괴롭히고 그들의 마음을 어지럽게 하지만 , 성령님의 뜻대로 말하는 자들은 새 신자들에게 격려의 말을 하므로 그들을 기쁘게 합니다 ( 마태복음 15:3; 사도행전 15:24, 31, 현대인의 성경 ).