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Herodias and John the Baptist
How Herodias and John the Baptist are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Herodias and John the Baptist were rivals.
John condemned the marriage of Herodias to Herod. She held a quarrel against him and would have killed him, and through her daughter she obtained his head.
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him
Mark 6:19, King James Version
being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger
Matthew 14:8, King James Version
Where they cross: Mark 6:17-19
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Matthew 14:8
8And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
Mark 6:17-19
17For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.
18For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
19Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
King James Version