SEV Biblia, Chapter 14:11
Y fue traída su cabeza en un plato y dada a la muchacha; y ella la present a su madre.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 14:11
Verse 11. His head was given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.] There is no person so revengeful as a lascivious woman when reproved and blamed. A preacher of the Gospel has most to fear from this quarter:-the first of this profession lost his life for the sake of truth and chastity; and others, especially those who have any thing to do with men in power who are profligates, may learn what they are to expect in return for a faithful discharge of their duty.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 11. And his head was brought in a charger , etc.] By the executioner that cut it off, to Herod, whilst he and his guests were at table; by which it should seem, that the prison was very near; and it is not improbable, that it was the castle of Macheerus that Herod made this entertainment in: and given to the damsel ; the daughter of Herodias, who, by her mothers instigation, had asked it, and who received it out of the hands of Herod himself; or however, it was delivered to her by his orders: and she brought it to her mother ; who had put her upon it, than which, nothing could be a more agreeable dish to her; and who, as Jerome says f848 , because she could not bear truth, that tongue which spoke truth; she plucked out, and pierced it through and through with a needle, as Fulvia did Ciceros: but this triumph over the faithful reprover of her, and Herods vices, did not last long; for quickly after this, they were stripped of their honours and riches, and deprived of the kingdom, and banished to Lyons in France, where they died f849 . A Jewish chronologer says f850 , Herod was driven out of the land by Tiberius, and fled to Spain, and died there.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-12 - The terror and reproach of conscience, which Herod, like other darin offenders, could not shake off, are proofs and warnings of a futur judgment, and of future misery to them. But there may be the terror of convictions, where there is not the truth of conversion. When me pretend to favour the gospel, yet live in evil, we must not favou their self-delusion, but must deliver our consciences as John did. The world may call this rudeness and blind zeal. False professors, or timi Christians, may censure it as want of civility; but the most powerfu enemies can go no further than the Lord sees good to permit. Hero feared that the putting of John to death might raise a rebellion amon the people, which it did not; but he never feared it might stir up his own conscience against him, which it did. Men fear being hanged for what they do not fear being damned for. And times of carnal mirth an jollity are convenient times for carrying on bad designs against God' people. Herod would profusely reward a worthless dance, whil imprisonment and death were the recompence of the man of God who sough the salvation of his soul. But there was real malice to John beneat his consent, or else Herod would have found ways to get clear of his promise. When the under shepherds are smitten, the sheep need not be scattered while they have the Great Shepherd to go to. And it is bette to be drawn to Christ by want and loss, than not to come to him at all.
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ ηνεχθη 5342 5681 V-API-3S η 3588 T-NSF κεφαλη 2776 N-NSF αυτου 846 P-GSM επι 1909 PREP πινακι 4094 N-DSF και 2532 CONJ εδοθη 1325 5681 V-API-3S τω 3588 T-DSN κορασιω 2877 N-DSN και 2532 CONJ ηνεγκεν 5342 5656 V-AAI-3S τη 3588 T-DSF μητρι 3384 N-DSF αυτης 846 P-GSF
Vincent's NT Word Studies
11. To the damsel (tw korasiw). Diminutive, the little girl. Luther gives magdlein, little maid.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
14:11 {She brought it to her mother} (enegken tei metri autes). A gruesome picture as Herodias with fiendish delight witnesses the triumph of her implacable hatred of John for daring to reprove her for her marriage with Herod Antipas. A woman scorned is a veritable demon, a literal she-devil when she wills to be. Kipling's "female of the species" again. Legends actually picture Salome as in love with John, sensual lust, of which there is no proof.
