Matthew 14:10
And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
In Context
11And his head was brought in a platter, and giuen to the maide, and shee brought it vnto her mother.
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:30I haue smitten your children in vaine, they receiued no correction: your owne sworde hath deuoured your Prophets like a destroying lyon.
Matthew 21:35And ye husbandmen tooke his seruants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Matthew 23:34Wherefore beholde, I send vnto you Prophets, and wise men, and Scribes, and of them ye shall kill and crucifie: and of them shall ye scourge in your Synagogues, and persecute from citie to citie,
Mark 9:13But I say vnto you, that Elias is come, (and they haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they would) as it is written of him.
Revelation 11:7And when they haue finished their testimonie, the beast that commeth out of the bottomlesse pit, shall make warre against them, and shall ouercome them, and kill them.
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 →