Matthew 14:8
and, she, being led on by her mother,—Give me (saith she) here, upon a charger, the head of John the Immerser.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
In Context
7wherefore, with an oath, he promised to give her, whatsoever she should ask for herself;
9And the king, though grieved, yet, because of the oaths and the guests, ordered it to be given;
Cross References
Numbers 7:19He offered as his oblation—one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary,—both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering;
1 Kings 18:4And so it came to pass, when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of Yahweh, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifties in caves, and sustained them, with bread and water.
1 Kings 19:2Then sent Jezebel a messenger unto Elijah, saying,—So, let the gods do, and, so, let them add, if, by this time to-morrow, I make not thy life as the life of one of them.
2 Chronicles 22:2Forty-two years old, was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and, one year, reigned he in Jerusalem,—and, the name of his mother, was Athaliah, daughter of Omri.
Proverbs 1:16For, their feet, to mischief, do run, and haste to the shedding of blood.
Mark 6:24And, going out, she said unto her mother—What shall I ask? and she said—The head of John the Immerser;
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 →