Mark 6:24
Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask? But her mother said: The head of John the Baptist.
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Genesis 27:8Now therefore, my son, follow my counsel:
2 Chronicles 22:3He also walked in the ways of the house of Achab: for his mother pushed him on to do wickedly.
Psalms 27:2Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.
Psalms 37:14But I, as a deaf man, heard not: and as a dumb man not opening his mouth.
Ezekiel 19:2And say: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions? Thy mother the lioness... Jerusalem.
Acts 23:12And when day was come, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they 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 →