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Podcast: BIBLE IN TEN
Episode: Matthew 14:8
Description: Tuesday, 11 November 2025
So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.” Matthew 14:8
“And having been instigated by her mother, she says, ‘You give me here upon a platter the head of John the Immerser’” (CG).
In the previous verse, Herod offered by oath whatever Herodias’ daughter asked for. With his offer made, it next says, “And having been instigated by her mother.”
A new word, found only here in the New Testament, is seen, probibazó, to instigate...