Mark 6:25 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 6:25

At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.

KJV

And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger 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.

The record, by era

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.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εἰσελθοῦσα	eiselthousa	having entered	G1525 →
εὐθὺς	euthus	immediately	G2112 →
μετὰ	meta	with	G3326 →
σπουδῆς	spoudēs	haste	G4710 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
τὸν	ton	the	G3588 →
βασιλέα	basilea	king	G935 →
ᾐτήσατο	ētēsato	she asked	G154 →
λέγουσα·	legousa	saying;	G3004 →
θέλω	thelō	I desire	G2309 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
ἐξαυτῆς	exautēs	at once	G1824 →
δῷς	dōs	may you give	G1325 →
μοι	moi	to me	G3165 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
πίνακι	pinaki	a platter	G4094 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
κεφαλὴν	kephalēn	head	G2776 →
Ἰωάννου	Iōannou	of John	G2491 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
βαπτιστοῦ.	baptistou	Baptist.	G910 →

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

The walk

The walk8

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
Romans 3:15
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
leads to
- Isaiah 59:7–8
  Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
- Proverbs 6:18
  a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 1:16
  For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
Through
Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
leads to
- Isaiah 59:7
  Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
- Proverbs 4:16
  For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
- Romans 3:5
  But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
Through
Numbers 7:13
His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for…
leads to
- Exodus 30:13
  Everyone who crosses over to those counted must pay a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty gerahs. This half shekel is an offering to the LORD.
- Leviticus 2:1
  “When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Mark

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Mark