Matthew 14:8

Matthew 14:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter."
• New King James Version (NKJV)So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)At her mother’s urging, the girl said, “I want the head of John the Baptist on a tray!”

Context of Matthew 14:8

6On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for the guests and pleased Herod so much 7that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” 9The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted 10and had John beheaded in the prison.

Matthew 14:8 word by word

ἡ δὲ προβιβασθεῖσα ὑπὸ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτῆς· δός μοι φησὶν ὧδε ἐπὶ πίνακι τὴν κεφαλὴν Ἰωάννου τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• she, being before instructedπροβιβάζωprobibazō · to promptG4264
• ofὑπόhupo · by/under: byG5259
• herαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• motherμήτηρmētēr · motherG3384
• saidφημίphēmi · to assertG5346
• Giveδίδωμιdidōmi · to giveG1325
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• hereὧδεhōde · hereG5602
• JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• Baptist’sΒαπτιστήςBaptistēs · one who baptizesG910
• headκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776
• inἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• a chargerπίναξpinax · platterG4094

Cross-references for Matthew 14:8

• 2 Chronicles 22:2Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem one year. His mother’s name was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri.
• Mark 6:24She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” “The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.
• 1 Kings 18:4While Jezebel was killing off the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.)
• 1 Kings 19:2So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”
• 2 Kings 11:1When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family.
• Proverbs 1:16for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood.
• Proverbs 29:10The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity and seek to kill the upright.
• Numbers 7:13His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with the finest flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;
• Ezra 1:9This was the inventory: gold dishes 30 silver dishes 1,000 silver pans 29

Commentaries on Matthew 14:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Give 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!…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. 8In ancient times, presenting a head on a tray was a known practice (see Josephus, Antiquities 13.4.8; 14.15.13; 18.5.1; 20.5.1).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 14:8

• Amusements and Worldly Pleasures
• Charger
• Complicity
• Herod
• Jesus, the Christ
• John
• Malice
• Oath
• Persecution
• Politics
• Prisoners
• Rulers
• Women

In the dictionaries

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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