Matthew 14:11
And his head was brought in a platter, and giuen to the maide, and shee brought it vnto her mother.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison.
12And his disciples came, and tooke vp the bodie, and buried it, and went, and tolde Iesus.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:4Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thine heart are but only for thy couetousnesse, and for to sheade innocent blood, and for oppression, and for destruction, euen to doe this.
Ezekiel 19:2And say, Wherefore lay thy mother as a lyonesse among the lyons? she nourished her yong ones among the lyons whelps,
Revelation 16:6For they shed the blood of the Saints, and Prophets, and therefore hast thou giuen them blood to drinke: for they are worthy.
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 →