Matthew 14:8 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 14:8

Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

BSB

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ASV

And she, being put forward by her mother, saith, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.

KJV

And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 8.) 'Give me,' she says, 'here on a platter, the head of John the Baptist.' Herodias, fearing that Herod might someday come to his senses and become a friend to his brother Philip, and that their unlawful marriage would be dissolved, instructs her daughter to immediately request the head of John at the very banquet itself: a worthy reward for the dance, a worthy prize for the blood. And the king was saddened. It is the custom of the Scriptures that the historian narrates the opinion of many, just as it was believed by all at that time.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

She was before instructed of her mother. Note, The case of those children is very sad, whose parents are their counsellors to do wickedly, as Ahaziah's ( 2 Chron. xxii. 3 ); who instruct them and encourage them in sin, and set them bad examples; for the corrupt nature will sooner be quickened by bad instructions than restrained and mortified by good ones.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger - The word charger formerly signified a large dish, bowl, or drinking cup: the Saxon has a dish, Tindal, a platter; any thing is better than charger, which never conveyed much meaning, and now conveys none. The evangelist says she was instructed before, by her mother, to ask the Baptist’s head! What a most infernal mother, to give such instructions to her child! and what a promising daughter to receive them!

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
προβιβασθεῖσα	probibastheisa	having been urged on	G4264 →
ὑπὸ	hupo	by	G5259 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
μητρὸς	mētros	mother	G3384 →
αὐτῆς·	autēs	of her;	G846 →
δός	dos	do give	G1325 →
μοι	moi	to me	G3165 →
φησὶν	phēsin	she says	G5346 →
ὧδε	hōde	here	G5602 →
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 →

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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
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 6:18
  a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
Through
1 Kings 19:2
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those…
leads to
- 2 Kings 6:31
  He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
- 1 Kings 20:10
  Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
- Ruth 1:17
  Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me.”
Through
Proverbs 29:10
Men of bloodshed hate a blameless man, but the upright care for his life.
leads to
- John 15:18–19
  If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
- 1 John 3:12–13
  Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
Through
1 Kings 18:13
Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them…
leads to
- 1 Kings 18:4
  for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Matthew