Mark 6:24
She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask him for?” She said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
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23He swore to her saying, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
Cross References
Genesis 27:8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice as I command you.
2 Chronicles 22:3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab for his mother was his advisor in doing wicked things.
Psalms 27:2When evildoers approached me to devour my flesh, 1 my adversaries and my enemies stumbled and fell. 1
Psalms 37:14The wicked have drawn out their swords and have bent their bows 1 to cast down the oppressed and needy, 1 to kill those who are upright. 1
Ezekiel 19:2and say, 1 'Who was your mother? A lioness, she lived with a lion's son; 1 in the midst of young lions, she nurtured her cubs. 1
Acts 23:12When it became day, some Jews formed a conspiracy and called a curse down upon themselves with an oath not to eat nor drink anything until they had killed 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 →