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Matthew 14:8

And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.

KJV

ἡ δὲ προβιβασθεῖσα ὑπὸ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτῆς· δός μοι, φησίν, ὧδε ἐπὶ πίνακι τὴν κεφαλὴν Ἰωάννου τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ.

Greek NT

At illa præmonita a matre sua : Da mihi, inquit, hic in disco caput Joannis Baptistæ.

Vulgate

And she, being put forward by her mother, saith, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.

ASV

But she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Βαπτιστής
baptistes
noun · 12×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
κεφαλή
kephale
noun · 75×
μήτηρ
meter
noun · 84×
πίναξ
pinax
noun · 5×
προβιβάζω
probibazo
verb · 1×
φημί
phemi
verb · 68×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
o
article · 19778×
ὑπό
upo
preposition · 221×
ὧδε
ode
adverb · 60×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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.
  • 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.
  • Prov 29:10 — The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.