And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
Mark 6:24. And she went out, and said to her mother We need not wonder that Herodias attached so much importance to John’s death. “De ce qu’ Herodias a estime un grand avantage pour elle de faire mourir Iean;” — “that Herodias reckoned it a great advantage to her to put John to death.” The conjecture thrown out by some—that she was actuated by revenge,—is not at all probable.
Here is, I. The wild notions that the people had concerning our Lord Jesus, Mar 6:15. His own countrymen could believe nothing great concerning him, because they knew his poor kindred; but others that were not under the power of that prejudice against him, were yet willing to believe any thing rather than the truth - that he was the Son of God, and the...
Commenting on Mark 6:14-29
And she went forth and said unto her mother,.... The king having made such a promise to her, and annexed his oath to it, she thought proper before she asked any thing of him, to withdraw from the hall and company, and consider with herself, and consult with her mother, who was not at the entertainment; it being not usual in those eastern countries, for...