Though Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd since they regarded John as a prophet.(A)

When Herod’s birthday celebration came, Herodias’s daughter danced before them[a] and pleased Herod. So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

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Footnotes

  1. 14:6 Lit danced in the middle

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