Matthew 14:10
New International Version
and had John beheaded in the prison.

New Living Translation
So John was beheaded in the prison,

English Standard Version
He sent and had John beheaded in the prison,

Berean Standard Bible
and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.

Berean Literal Bible
And having sent, he beheaded John in the prison.

King James Bible
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

New King James Version
So he sent and had John beheaded in prison.

New American Standard Bible
He sent word and had John beheaded in the prison.

NASB 1995
He sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

NASB 1977
And he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

Amplified Bible
He sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

Christian Standard Bible
So he sent orders and had John beheaded in the prison.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So he sent orders and had John beheaded in the prison.

American Standard Version
and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he sent, cutting off the head of Yohannan in the prison.

Contemporary English Version
to go to the prison and cut off John's head.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

English Revised Version
and he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He had John's head cut off in prison.

Good News Translation
So he had John beheaded in prison.

International Standard Version
So he sent word and had John beheaded in prison.

Literal Standard Version
and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,

Majority Standard Bible
and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.

New American Bible
and he had John beheaded in the prison.

NET Bible
So he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

New Revised Standard Version
he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

New Heart English Bible
and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

Weymouth New Testament
and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

World English Bible
and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

Young's Literal Translation
and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,

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Context
The Beheading of John
9The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted 10and sent to have John beheaded in the prison. 11John’s head was brought in on a platter and presented to the girl, who carried it to her mother.…

Cross References
Matthew 14:9
The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted

Matthew 14:11
John's head was brought in on a platter and presented to the girl, who carried it to her mother.


Treasury of Scripture

And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

and beheaded.

Matthew 17:12
But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.

Matthew 21:35,36
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another…

Matthew 22:3-6
And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come…

the prison.

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Matthew 14
1. Herod's opinion of Jesus.
3. Wherefore John Baptist was beheaded.
13. Jesus departs into a solitary place,
15. where he feeds five thousand men with five loves and two fishes.
22. He walks on the sea to his disciples;
34. and landing at Gennesaret,
35. heals the sick who touch of the hem of his garment.














(10) He sent, and beheaded John in the prison.--Measured by the standard of earthly greatness, it seems almost like a paradox to say of one who had only been for a few short months a preacher of righteousness in the wilderness of Judaea, as men have said of the kings and conquerors of the world, "So passed from the earth one of the greatest of her sons;" and yet this, and nothing less than this, if we accept our Lord's words, must be our estimate of the Baptist's character. Intensity of purpose, dauntless courage, profound humility, self-denial carried to its highest point, a burning love that passed beyond the limits of race and nation, tenderness of sympathy for the toilers of the world, for the fallen and the outcast, all these were there; and what elements of moral greatness can go beyond them? And the consciousness of Christendom has recognised that greatness. Art and poetry have symbolised it in outward form, and the work of the Forerunner, the conviction that the preaching of repentance must precede that of forgiveness, has been reproduced in every great revival of religious life which has brought the kingdom of heaven nearer to men's hearts and hopes.

Verses 10, 11. - And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison, and his head was brought in a charger (ver. 8, note), and given (the fourth time that the word "give" has come in five verses; the head of the herald of the kingdom becomes a royal gift) to the damsel - (τῷ κορασίῳ, ver. 6, note) - and she brought it to her mother. But a few minutes after she had first spoken her request (ver. 8, note).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

sent {to have}
πέμψας (pempsas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3992: To send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.

John
Ἰωάννην (Iōannēn)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2491: Of Hebrew origin; Joannes, the name of four Israelites.

beheaded
ἀπεκεφάλισεν (apekephalisen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 607: To behead. From apo and kephale; to decapitate.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the
τῇ (tē)
Article - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

prison.
φυλακῇ (phylakē)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 5438: From phulasso; a guarding or, the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or, the time, literally or figuratively.


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