Matthew 14:8
And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
Matthew 14:8 in other translations
| BSB | Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” |
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| WEB | She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.” |
| ASV | And she, being put forward by her mother, saith, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist. |
| YLT | And she having been instigated by her mother--‘Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist; |
| DARBY | But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here upon a dish the head of John the baptist. |
| BBE | And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist. |
| Webster | And she, being before instructed by her mother, said, Give me here the head of John the Baptist in a dish. |
What does Matthew 14:8 mean?
Barnes' Notes
In a charger. The original word means a large platter, on which food is placed. We should have supposed that she would have been struck with abhorrence at such a direction. But she seems to have been gratified. John, by his faithfulness, had offended the whole family; and here was ample opportunity for an adulterous mother and dissolute child to gratify their resentment. It was customary then for princes to require the heads of persons ordered for execution to be brought to them. For this there were two reasons:
(1.) To gratify their resentment--to feast their eyes on the proof that their enemy was dead; and,
(2.) to ascertain the fact that the sentence had been executed. There is a similar instance in Roman history of a woman requiring the head of an enemy to be brought to her. Agrippina, the mother of Nero, who was afterwards emperor, sent an officer to put to death Lollia Paulins, who had been her rival for the imperial dignity. When Lollia's head was brought to her, not knowing it at first, she examined it with her own hands, till she perceived some particular feature by which the lady was distinguished. *
(*) "Lardner's Credibility, Part i., book i., chap. i" (z) "???" Prov 29:10 (a) "???" Jud 11:31,35, Dan 6:14-16
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Matthew 14:1-12
The terror and reproach of conscience, which Herod, like other daring offenders, could not shake off, are proofs and warnings of a future judgment, and of future misery to them. But there may be the terror of convictions, where there is not the truth of conversion. When men pretend to favour the gospel, yet live in evil, we must not favour their self-delusion, but must deliver our consciences as John did. The world…
Matthew 14:8 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Matthew 14:8
- Proverbs 29:10
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
- Mark 6:24
And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
- 1 Kings 18:13
Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundred men of the Lord’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
- 2 Chronicles 22:2-3
Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
- 2 Kings 11:1
And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.
- 1 Kings 18:4
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- 1 Kings 19:2
Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
- Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
- Numbers 7:84-85
This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
- Numbers 7:19
He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
- Ezra 1:9
And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
- Numbers 7:13
And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
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Context
- Matthew 14:7
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
- Matthew 14:8
And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
- Matthew 14:9
And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
Matthew 14:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y ella, instruída primero de su madre, dijo: Dame aquí en un plato la cabeza de Juan el Bautista. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et elle, poussée par sa mère: Donne-moi ici, dit-elle, dans un plat, la tête de Jean le baptiseur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie aber, von ihrer Mutter angewiesen, sagt: Gib mir hier auf einer Schüssel das Haupt Johannes des Täufers. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | At illa præmonita a matre sua: Da mihi, inquit, hic in disco caput Joannis Baptistæ. |