Matthew 14:9

and the king is-grieved. Moreover, through the oaths and the[plural] being-lain-up/anew-together, he-orders to-be-given,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

In Context

8Moreover, the, step-ized-ahead under of{the mother} of{same}, is-asserting, "Give to{me} here upon to{[a] platter} the head of{John the immerser},"

10and, dispatch[ing], he-beheads the John in to{the custody[i.e. prison]},

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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 →

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