Mark 6:28 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 6:28

The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother.

KJV

And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Catena Aurea by Aquinas (735)

Now Herod was not ashamed to bring before his guests the head of a murdered man; but we do not read of such an act of madness in Pharaoh. From both examples, however, it is proved to be more useful, often to call to mind the coming day of our death, by fear and by living chastely, than to celebrate the day of our birth with luxury. For man is born in the world to toil, but the elect pass by death out of the world to repose. It goes on, And he beheaded him in prison, &c.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Ambrose of Milan

Concerning Virginity 3.6.30 (397)

Look, most savage king, at the spectacle of your feast. Stretch out your right hand and see the streams of holy blood pouring down between your fingers. Nothing is lacking in your cruelty. The hunger for such unheard-of cruelty could not be satisfied by banquets, or the thirst by goblets. So as you drink the blood pouring from the still flowing veins of the cut-off head, behold those eyes. Even in death, those eyes are the witnesses of your crime, turning away from the sight of the delicacies.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother--Herodias did not shed the blood of the stern reprover; she only got it done, and then gloated over it, as it streamed from the trunkless head.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἤνεγκεν	ēnegken	brought	G5342 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
κεφαλὴν	kephalēn	head	G2776 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
πίνακι	pinaki	a platter	G4094 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔδωκεν	edōken	gave	G1325 →
αὐτὴν	autēn	it	G846 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
κορασίῳ,	korasiō	girl,	G2877 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
κοράσιον	korasion	girl	G2877 →
ἔδωκεν	edōken	gave	G1325 →
αὐτὴν	autēn	it	G846 →
τῇ	tēa	to the	G3588 →
μητρὶ	mētri	mother	G3384 →
αὐτῆς.¶	autēs	of her.	G846 →

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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