Matthew 14:10
And he sent and cut off the head of John in the prison.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
In Context
11And the head was brought in a dish and given to the girl; and she brought it to her mother.
Cross References
Matthew 21:35And the cultivators laid hold of his servants, and beat one, and stoned another and one they slew.
Matthew 23:34Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; some of whom ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city:
Mark 9:13But I say to you: That Elijah hath come; and they have done to him all that they desired, as it was written of him.
Revelation 11:7And when they shall have completed their testimony, the beast of prey that came up from the abyss, will make war upon them, and will overcome 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 →