Mark 6:24

So she went forth, and said to her mother, What shall I aske? And she said, Iohn Baptists head.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

In Context

23And he sware vnto her, Whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of me, I will giue it thee, euen vnto the halfe of my kingdome.

25Then she came in straightway with haste vnto the King, and asked, saying, I would that thou shouldest giue me euen now in a charger the head of Iohn Baptist.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:8Nowe therefore, my sonne, heare my voyce in that which I command thee.

2 Chronicles 22:3He walked also in the wayes of the house of Ahab: for his mother counselled him to doe wickedly.

Psalms 27:2When the wicked, euen mine enemies and my foes came vpon mee to eate vp my flesh; they stumbled and fell.

Psalms 37:14The wicked haue drawen their sworde, and haue bent their bowe, to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of vpright conuersation.

Ezekiel 19:2And say, Wherefore lay thy mother as a lyonesse among the lyons? she nourished her yong ones among the lyons whelps,

Acts 23:12And when the day was come, certaine of the Iewes made an assemblie, and bounde themselues with a curse, saying, that they woulde neither eate nor drinke, till 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 →

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