Mark 6:25

At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

In Context

24Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

26The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

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Cross References

Numbers 7:19The offering he presented was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

Romans 3:15“Their feet are swift to shed blood;

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 →

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