Matthew 14:7-9
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[7] Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask. [8] She, being prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer." [9] The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageGalilee was the northern region where Herod Antipas ruled, making Herod’s birthday banquet and rash oath politically significant in the wider narrative. Gennesaret, a fertile area on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee, appears later in the chapter as Jesus continues his ministry after these events
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Matthew 14:7-9 mentions Galilee and Gennesaret.
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