Mark 6:24
So she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist!”
Family 35 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
23He even swore to her, “Whatever you may ask me I will give you, up to half of my kingdom!”
Cross References
Acts 23:12And when it was day, some of the Jews formed a conspiracy by binding themselves with a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they had destroyed 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 →