Mark 6:21
19 So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
20 because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.
On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
22 When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”
23 And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
- KJV
- And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
- WEB
- Then a convenient day came when Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.
- ASV
- And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;
- DARBY
- And a holiday being come, when Herod, on his birthday, made a supper to his grandees, and to the chiliarchs, and the chief [men] of Galilee;
- BLB
- And an opportune day having come, when Herod on his birthday made a banquet to his great men, and to the commanders, and to the first [men] of Galilee,
- ÅB
- Så kom det en beleilig dag, da Herodes gjorde et gjestebud på sin fødselsdag for sine stormenn og krigshøvdingene og de fornemste i Galilea,
- OTB
- En beleilig dag kom da Herodes, på sin bursdag, holdt en bankett for sine adelsmenn, militære ledere og de ledende mennene i Galilea.
- B1930
- Så kom det en beleilig dag, da Herodes gjorde et gjestebud på sin fødselsdag for sine stormenn og krigshøvdingene og de fornemste i Galilea,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Esther 2:18
Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.
Read in contextGenesis 40:20
On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
Read in contextHosea 7:5
The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.
Read in context1 Peter 4:3
For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
Read in context2 Samuel 13:23–29
Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.
Read in contextDaniel 5:1–4
Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
Read in contextPsalms 37:12–13
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
Read in contextProverbs 31:4–5
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
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