Matthew 14:11
And the rosh Yochanan of the tevilah of teshuva was brought upon a serving tray, and it was presented to the girl and she presented it to her mother.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
In Context
10And he sent and had Yochanan beheaded in the beit hasohar.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:4Chemah (anger) is cruel, and fury is a torrent, 1 but who is able to stand before kinah (jealousy, envy)? 1
Jeremiah 22:17But thine eynayim (eyes) and thine lev 1 are but for thy betza (covetousness, greed) 1 and for to shed dahm hanaki (innocent blood), 1 and for oshek (oppression), and for merutzah (extortion, persecution), to do it.
Ezekiel 19:2And say: 1 What is immecha, a lioness? 1 She lay down among arayot (lions), 1 rearing her cubs among young lions. 1
Revelation 16:6Because they (those of Anti-Moshiach) shed the dahm of the Kedoshim and because the dahm of the Nevi'im they poured out, and You have given them dahm to drink! They are deserving of it!” + 16:6 Isa 49:26
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 →