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Jerome's Latin Vulgate
2 Machabæorum 6:25
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Ideo dico vobis, ne solliciti sitis anim� vestr� quid manducetis, neque corpori vestro quid induamini. Nonne anima plus est quam esca, et corpus plus quam vestimentum ?
Cumque introisset statim cum festinatione ad regem, petivit dicens: "Volo ut protinus des mihi in disco caput Ioannis Baptistae".
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
with haste: Proverbs 1:16, Romans 3:15
a charger: Numbers 7:13, 19-89
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 13:5 - Lay thee Job 20:2 - and for Proverbs 14:16 - the fool Daniel 6:16 - the king John 13:27 - That
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And she came in straightway with haste unto the, king,.... Having had her mother's advice, and being hastened by her, she immediately returned to the hall, where the king and his guests were, with much Concern, eagerness, and diligence:
and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger, the head of John the Baptist: her petition proceeding upon a promise with an oath, is presented by way of demand; insisting upon it, that in a very little time, "this hour", as the Syriac version renders it, within an hour's time, or less; and "here", as Matthew has it,
Matthew 14:8, in that very place, and whilst the company was there; that orders should be given to cut off the head of John the Baptist, and that that should be brought, in a large dish, unto her; and this was what she had to ask, and insisted upon the immediate and punctual performance of it; Matthew 14:8- :.
