Straightway with haste (ευθυς μετα σπουδης). Before the king's rash mood passed and while he was still under the spell of the danc…

By and by.—We hardly recognize in this word—so much has its meaning altered—St. Mark’s familiar "forthwith" or "immediately." At t…

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

The girl left the banquet hall to seek the advice of her mother. Herodias’s quick reply betrayed the premeditated nature of her homicidal plan. Mar…

And she came in straightway with haste unto the king
Having had her mother's advice, and being hastened by her, she …

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…