Matthew 14:10
And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
In Context
11And his head was put on a plate and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother.
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:30I gave your children blows to no purpose; they got no good from training: your sword has been the destruction of your prophets, like a death-giving lion.
Matthew 21:35And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.
Matthew 23:34For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;
Mark 9:13But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.
Revelation 11:7And when they have come to the end of their witness, the beast which comes up out of the great deep will make war on them and overcome them and put them to death.
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 →