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Matthew 14:10–12

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And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
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  1. Luke 9:9Rank 1 from verse 10
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    9And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.

  2. Matthew 17:12Rank 2 from verse 10
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    12But 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.

  3. Revelation 11:7Rank 3 from verse 10
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    7And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

  4. 2 Chronicles 36:16Rank 4 from verse 10
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    16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

  5. Jeremiah 2:30Rank 5 from verse 10
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    30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

From verse 11

  1. Revelation 16:6Rank 1 from verse 11
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    6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

  2. Ezekiel 16:3–4Rank 2 from verse 11
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    3And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.

    4And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.

  3. Ezekiel 19:2–3Rank 3 from verse 11
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    2And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

    3And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

  4. Ezekiel 35:6Rank 4 from verse 11
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    6Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

  5. Genesis 49:7Rank 5 from verse 11
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    7Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

From verse 12

  1. Acts 8:2Rank 1 from verse 12
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    2And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

  2. Matthew 27:58–61Rank 2 from verse 12
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    58He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.

    59And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

    60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

    61And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

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Matthew 14:10

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Matthew 14:11

COMBINED MEANING

head

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The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mother

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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Matthew 14:12

COMBINED MEANING

body

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Sense 1: The material frame of a person or creature. Sense 2: A visible form, mass, or main substance. Sense 3: A unified whole or company composed of members. Sense 4: Substantial reality distinguished from a shadow.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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buried

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Past-tense or past-participial form of bury. Sense 1: Laid a dead body in a grave or tomb. Sense 2: Covered or concealed beneath earth or another substance, or treated as buried by figure.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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told

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Past-tense or past-participial form of tell (to say, relate, inform, count, or make known).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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14:3¶ For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.

14:4For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

14:5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

14:6But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

14:7Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

14:8And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.

14:9And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

14:10And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

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14:11And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.

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14:12And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

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