Mark 6:24

But she went out, and said to her mother: What shall I ask? She replied: The head of John the Immerser.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

In Context

23And he swore to her: Whatever you ask, I will give you, to the half of my kingdom.

25And she came in immediately, with haste, to the king, and made her request, saying: I desire that you give me, at once, in a dish, the head of John the Immerser.

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Cross References

Acts 23:12And when it was day, the Jews combined together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying, that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:15-30

The Death of John the Baptist. 14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. 16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake,… Read the whole commentary →

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