Mark 6:24
And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
KJV
καὶ ἐξελθοῦσα εἶπεν τῇ μητρὶ αὐτῆς· τί αἰτήσωμαι; ἡ δὲ εἶπεν· τὴν κεφαλὴν Ἰωάννου τοῦ βαπτίζοντος.
Greek NT
Quæ cum exisset, dixit matri suæ : Quid petam ? At illa dixit : Caput Joannis Baptistæ.
Vulgate
And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptizer.
ASV
Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask? But her mother said: The head of John the Baptist.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- καὶ — SBLGNT
- καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ἡ δὲ — Robinson-Pierpont
- αἰτήσωμαι — SBLGNT
- αἰτήσωμαι — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- αἰτήσομαι — Robinson-Pierpont
- βαπτίζοντος — SBLGNT
- βαπτίζοντος — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- βαπτιστοῦ — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§523St. John the Baptist is the Lord's immediate precursor or forerunner, sent to prepare his way.196 "Prophet of the Most High", John surpasses all the prophets, of whom he is the last.197 He inaugurates the Gospel, already from his mother's womb welcomes the coming of Christ, and rejoices in being "the friend of the bridegroom", whom he points out as "the Lamb of God, who takes a…
Cross-references
- 2Chr 22:3 — He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
- 2Sam 13:5 — And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the
- Eccl 7:9 — Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
- Ezek 19:2 — And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
- Gen 27:8 — Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
- Job 30:8 — They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
- Job 31:31 — If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.
- Matt 14:8 — And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.