So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.”
Parallel translations
- WEB She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.”
- KJV And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
- BSB Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
- NASB And after being prompted by her mother, she *said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
- NLT At her mother’s urging, the girl said, “I want the head of John the Baptist on a tray!”
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Quick answer
Prompted by her mother, the girl demands John's head on a platter. Herodias seizes her chance to destroy the prophet who condemned her.
Overview
Instructed beforehand by Herodias, the daughter asks for John the Baptist's head served on a platter. The gruesome request reveals the depth of Herodias's hatred for the prophet who had exposed her sin. The verse portrays how unrepented sin breeds murderous resentment against those who speak God's truth.
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- Mark 6:24She went out, and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said, “The head of John the Baptizer.”
- Prov 29:10The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright.
- 1 Kgs 18:4for when Jezebel cut off Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- 1 Kgs 18:13Wasn’t it told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed Yahweh’s prophets, how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh’s prophets with fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
- 1 Kgs 19:2Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I don’t make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time!”
- 2 Kgs 11:1Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal offspring.
- 2 Chr 22:2–3Ahaziah was forty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.
- Prov 1:16for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
- Num 7:84–85This was the dedication of the altar, on the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden ladles;
- Num 7:19He offered for his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Ezra 1:9This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
- Num 7:13and his offering was: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
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