Wish I had more time on Sunday morning’s text, but here’s a picture of how Christ contrasts Herod. This happens in the context of Mark’s account of the feeding of 5,000 men in Mark 6.

“Jesus’ banquet for the rabble of Galilee foreshadows the messianic banquet and contrasts with the drunken debauchery of Herod’s feast for the high officials, captains, and the leading men of Galilee (Mark 6:22). Herod’s feast with its exotic fanfare and dancing girls, cannot ultimately satisfy human hunger. Herod serves up only death, with the head of John the Baptizer brought to him on a platter (6:28). His lackeys bind (6:28) and behead (6:17) others. Only the spread offered by Jesus in the desert can satisfy human needs. Jesus brings life-giving bread with an abundance of leftovers.”

-David E. Garland, The NIV Application Commentary on Mark, 254