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She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."
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The Calculated Urgency of Evil
Commentators unanimously highlight the speed of the request. Words like "straightway," "with haste," and "forthwith" show that Herodias and her daughter acted immediately. They moved quickly to exploit Herod's rash oath before he could have second thoughts, demonstrating how sin strategically and manipulatively seizes opportunities.
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Straightway with haste (ευθυς μετα σπουδης). Before the king's rash mood passed and while he was still under the spell of the danc…
19th Century
Anglican
By and by.—We hardly recognize in this word—so much has its meaning altered—St. Mark’s familiar "forthwith" or "immediately." At t…
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And she came in straightway with haste unto the king Having had her mother's advice, and being hastened by her, she …
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…
