14:1-5, Cf. 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead. [2]
3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
It isn't lawful for you to marry Herodias, your brother Philip's wife. [3]
5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
Give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter.
9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
11 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
13 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
The people followed him on foot from the cities.
14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
This is the desert and it's getting late.Send the crowd away so they can go to the village to buy food.
16But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
They don't need to leave. Give them something to eat.
17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
We only have five loaves of bread and two fishes.
18 He said, Bring them hither to me.
Bring them to me.
19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
They collected twelve baskets of leftovers.
21And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
walking on the water.
26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
It is a ghost! And they cried out in fear. [6]
27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
Be happy! It's me. Don't be afraid.
28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
Lord, if it is really you, let me walk to you on the water.
29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
Jesus said to him,
Come.
Peter got out of the boat and began walking on the water.
30But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
He cried out, saying,
Lord, save me.
31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
O you of little faith, why did you doubt?
32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
33Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
Truly, you are the Son of God. [7]
34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
All of the sick were brought to Jesus, and everyone who touched the hem of his robe was healed.
The Herod referred to here is Herod Antipas, the son of Herod the Great, who ruled Galilee and Perea from 4 BCE to 39 CE.
Herod thought Jesus was a resurrected John the Baptist.
Apparently, it was a common opinion at the time (See Mt.16.13-14, Mk.6:14-15, 8:27-28, Lk.9:7-8, 18-19).
If so many of Jesus's contemporaries could be so easily fooled regarding John the Baptist, what does this do to the credibility of the resurrection of Jesus?
This is an especially strange thing for Herod to say, since John the Baptist was still alive and in his prison! How could he be risen from the dead while still alive?
Herodias was the wife of Herod Antipas's half-brother Philip I (aka Herod II), and therefore the marriage was unlawful according to Lev 18:16.
This verse and Gen 40:21 are the two verses used by Jehovah's Witnesses to condemn birthdays. After all, there are only two birthday parties in the Bible -- the Pharaoh's and Herod's. And since they both were bad guys, birthdays must be bad too.
Even after seeing all of Jesus's miracles, the feeding of the five thousand, etc., Jesus's disciples still aren't sure what to make of Jesus. When they see him walking on the water, they think they are seeing a ghost.
Finally, after seeing Jesus calm the storm, Jesus's disciples believe he is the Son of God.
Notice, though, that in Mark's gospel (6:51), the disciples aren't nearly so impressed with Jesus, after seeing him calm the storm. They were "amazed" and "wondered", but they didn't declare him to be the Son of God (because they didn't understand what had happened with the loaves and their hearts were hardened).
14:3-5, Cf. 
14:22-33, Cf. 