Matthew 14:8
But, having been advised by her mother, she said, “Give me here, on a platter, the head of John the Baptist.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
In Context
7And so he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask of him.
Cross References
Numbers 7:19a silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, a silver bowl having seventy shekels, according to the weight of the Sanctuary, and both were filled with fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil as a sacrifice,
1 Kings 18:4For when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord, he took one hundred prophets, and concealed them, fifty and fifty, in caves. And he fed them with bread and water.
1 Kings 19:2And so Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods do these things, and may they add these other things, if by this hour tomorrow I will not have made your life like the life of one of them.”
2 Chronicles 22:2Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he had begun to reign, and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri.
Proverbs 1:16For their feet rush to evil, and they hurry to shed blood.
Mark 6:24And when she had gone out, she said to her mother, “What shall I request?” But her mother said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
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 →