Matthew 14:10

and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

In Context

9The king was deeply vexed, yet because of his repeated oath and of the guests at his table he ordered it to be given her,

11The head was brought on a dish and given to the young girl, and she took it to her mother.

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Cross References

Matthew 21:35but the vine-dressers seized the servants, and one they cruelly beat, one they killed, one they pelted with stones.

Matthew 23:34"For this reason I am sending to you Prophets and wise men and Scribes. Some of them you will put to death--nay, crucify; some of them you will flog in your synagogues and chase from town to town;

Mark 9:13Yet I tell you that not only has Elijah come, but they have also done to him whatever they chose, as the Scriptures say about him."

Revelation 11:7"And when they have fully delivered their testimony, the Wild Beast which is to rise out of the bottomless pit will make war upon them and overcome 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 →

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