And he sware unto her (κα ωμοσεν αυτη). The girl was of marriageable age though called κορασιον (cf. Esther 2:9). Salom…

Theophylact of Ohrid: The Evangelist Mark, taking his cue from what came before, here relates the death of the Forerunner, s…

Herodias finally got the opportunity she was waiting for. At a banquet for Herod’s birthday, attended by military and political leaders, Herodias’s…

And he swore to her
He added an oath to what he had before said, the more to confirm it, and to encourage her in her…

Herod feared John while he lived, and feared him still more when he was dead. Herod did many of those things which John in his preaching taught him…