Matthew 14:10
And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the pryson.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
In Context
11And his head was brought in a platter, and geuen to the damsell: and [she] brought it to her mother.
Cross References
Matthew 21:35And the husbande men caught his seruauntes, and beatte one, killed another, and stoned another.
Matthew 23:34Wherfore, beholde I sende vnto you prophetes, and wyse men, and Scribes, and [some] of them ye shall kyll and crucifie: and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from citie to citie.
Mark 9:13But I saye vnto you, that Elias is come, & they haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they would, as it is writte of him.
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 →