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She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."
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The Desperation of Sin
Commentators explain that Herodias's request was not just simple revenge but a premeditated act born of fear. John Calvin suggests she was tormented by a guilty conscience and feared Herod might abandon her. She believed that silencing the prophet's voice would secure her sinful relationship, showing how unrepentant sin leads to desperate and destructive actions.
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What shall I ask? (Τ αιτησωμαι; ). The fact that she went and spoke to her mother proves that she had not been told beforehand wha…
19th Century
Anglican
She went forth, and said unto her mother.—This feature in the narrative is peculiar to St. Mark.
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…
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16th Century
Protestant
And she went out, and said to her mother. We do not need to wonder that Herodias attached so much importance to John’s death.367
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And she went forth and said to her mother The king having made such a promise to her, and annexed his oath to it, sh…
Presbyterian
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…
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