Matthew 14:11

Matthew 14:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
• New International Version (NIV)His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

Context of Matthew 14:11

9And the king was grieved; but on account of the oaths, and those lying at table with [him], he commanded [it] to be given. 10And he sent and beheaded John in the prison; and his head was brought upon a dish, and was given to the damsel, and she carried [it] to her mother. 12And his disciples came and took the body and buried it, and came and brought word to Jesus. 13And Jesus, having heard it, went away thence by ship to a desert place apart. And the crowds having heard [of it] followed him on foot from the cities.

Matthew 14:11 word by word

καὶ ἠνέχθη ἡ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πίνακι καὶ ἐδόθη τῷ κορασίῳ, καὶ ἤνεγκεν τῇ μητρὶ αὐτῆς.¶Read the interlinear

• headκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776
• broughtφέρωpherō̄ · to bear/leadG5342
• givenδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384

Cross-references for Matthew 14:11

• Genesis 49:7Cursed be their anger, for it [was] violent; And their rage, for it [was] cruel! I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
• Proverbs 27:4Fury is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
• Proverbs 29:10The bloodthirsty hate the perfect, but the upright care for his soul.
• Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thy heart are only on thine extortion, and on the blood of the innocent, to shed it, and on oppression and on violence, to do it.
• Ezekiel 16:3and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah unto Jerusalem: Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite: thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother a Hittite.
• Ezekiel 19:2and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps in the midst of the young lions.
• Ezekiel 35:6therefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will certainly appoint thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee; since thou hast not hated blood, blood shall pursue thee.
• Revelation 16:6for they have poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy.
• Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I wondered, seeing her, with great wonder.

Commentaries on Matthew 14:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11His head was given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother - There is no person so revengeful as a lascivious woman when reproved and blamed. A preacher of the Gospel has most to fear from this quarter: - the first of this profession lost his life for the sake of truth and chastity; and others, especially those who have any thing to do with men in power who are profligates, may learn what they are to expect in return for a faithful discharge of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6-12Verses 6-12 See also Mark 6:21-29. But when Herod‘s birthday was come Kings were accustomed to observe the day of their birth with much pomp, and commonly, also, by giving a feast to their principal nobility. See Genesis 40:20. Mark adds that this birthday was kept by making a supper to his “lords, high captains, and chief estates in Galilee;” that is to the chief men in office. “High captains” means, in the original, commanders of thousands, or of a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-12John the Baptist’s message drew large crowds, which leaders saw as a political threat (see Josephus, Antiquities 18.5.2). Years after John was executed, many Jews believed that Herod’s military defeat by King Aretas in AD 36 was God’s judgment for killing an innocent man.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-12The time of this alarm of Herod Antipas appears to have been during the mission of the Twelve, and shortly after the Baptist--who had been in prison for probably more than a year--had been cruelly put to death. Herod's Theory of the Works of Christ (Mt 14:1, 2). 1. At that time Herod the tetrarch--Herod Antipas, one of the three sons of Herod the Great, and own brother of Archelaus (Mt 2:22), who ruled as ethnarch over Galilee and Perea. heard of the fame…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 14:11

• Charger
• Herod
• Jesus, the Christ
• John
• Oath
• Persecution
• Politics
• Prisoners
• Rulers
• Women

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Commentaries on Matthew 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings