Matthew 14:10
And he sent and beheaded John in the prison.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
In Context
11And his head was brought in a dish, and given to the maiden: and she carried it to her mother.
Cross References
Matthew 21:35And the vine-dressers took his servants, and scourged one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Matthew 23:34For this reason, behold, I send you prophets and wise men and scribes; and some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
Mark 9:13But I say to you, that Elijah has already come, and they have clone to him what they wished: [as it is written of him.]
Revelation 11:7And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:2-13
The Death of John the Baptist. 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 show forth themselves in him. 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. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a… Read the whole commentary →