Matthew 14:8
So she, being urged on by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
English Majority Text (NT)
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
7Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.
Cross References
Mark 6:24And when she had gone out, she said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she 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 →