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Matthew 14:8 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Matthew 14:8 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Matthew chapter 14 verse 8 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.”
Matthew 14:8 (KJV)
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Commentary on Matthew 14:8
'And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.' Herodias's wicked manipulation reaches climax: she 'instructed' (προβιβασθεῖσα/probibastheisa, prompted, instigated) her daughter to request John's head. The specific, grisly detail—'in a charger' (ἐπὶ πίνακι/epi pinaki, on a platter)—demonstrates premeditation and vindictiveness. This wasn't spontaneous request but calculated plot. Herodias exploited her daughter's dance and Herod's rash vow to accomplish murder she'd long desired (Mark 6:19). Reformed theology sees this as example of extrem...
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Cross-References for Matthew 14:8
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“and said to her mother”
“The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.”
“Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign”
“she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.”
“saying”
“when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Yahweh”
“For their feet run to evil”
“how I hid one hundred men of Yahweh's prophets by fifty in a cave”
“on the day when it was anointed”
“the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels”