Mark 6:24 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 6:24

Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptizer.

KJV

And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

(ubi sup.) His oath does not excuse his murder, for perchance his reason for swearing was, that he might find an opportunity for slaying, and if she had demanded the death of his father and mother, he surely would not have granted it. It goes on, And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. Worthy is blood to be asked as the reward of such a deed as dancing. It goes on, And she came in straightway with haste, &c.

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The Medieval Church1 voice

Theophylact of Ohrid

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (1107)

The malignant woman begs that the head of John be given to her immediately, that is, at once, in that very hour, for she feared lest Herod should repent.

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The promise was rashly made, and could not bind him to do an unrighteous thing. Sinful oaths must be repented of, and therefore not performed; for repentance is the undoing of what we have done amiss, as far as is in our power. When Theodosius the emperor was urged by a suitor with a promise, he answered, I said it, but did not promise it if it be unjust.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

And she said, The head of John the Baptist--Abandoned women are more shameless and heartless than men. The Baptist's fidelity marred the pleasures of Herodias, and this was too good an opportunity of getting rid of him to let slip.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
ἐξελθοῦσα	exelthousa	having gone out	G1831 →
εἶπεν	eipen	she said	G2036 →
τῇ	tēa	to the	G3588 →
μητρὶ	mētri	mother	G3384 →
αὐτῆς·	autēs	of her;	G846 →
τί	ti	What	G5101 →
αἰτήσωμαι;	aitēsōmai	shall I ask for myself?	G154 →
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
εἶπεν·	eipen	she said;	G2036 →
τὴν	tēn	The	G3588 →
κεφαλὴν	kephalēn	head	G2776 →
Ἰωάννου	Iōannou	of John	G2491 →
τοῦ	tou	the [one]	G3588 →
βαπτίζοντος.	baptizontos	baptizing.	G907 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 37:12
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
leads to
- Micah 2:1
  Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
- Psalms 35:16
  Like godless jesters at a feast, they gnashed their teeth at me.
- Daniel 8:12
  And in the rebellion, the host and the daily sacrifice were given over to the horn, and it flung truth to the ground and prospered in whatever it did.
- Matthew 26:16
  So from then on Judas looked for an opportunity to betray Jesus.
- Psalms 31:13
  For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
Through
Job 31:31
if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
leads to
- Luke 22:50–51
  And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.
- Proverbs 1:18
  But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
- Psalms 27:2
  When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Mark

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Mark