Matthew 14:8
Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.”
Free Bible Version
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
7So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she wanted.
Cross References
Numbers 7:19The offering he presented was a silver plate that weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and a silver bowl that weighed seventy shekels (using the sanctuary shekel standard). They were both filled with the best flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering.
1 Kings 18:4While Jezebel was busy killing the Lord's prophets, Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty in each of two caves, and had provided them with food and water.)
1 Kings 19:2Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods do as much to me and more if by tomorrow I haven't made your life like the lives of those you killed!”
2 Chronicles 22:2Ahaziah was twenty-two when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for one year. His mother's name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri.
Proverbs 1:16For they rush to do evil; they hurry to commit violence and murder.
Mark 6:24She went out and asked her mother, “What should I ask for?” “The head of John the Baptist,” she replied.
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 →