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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comTreasury Of Scripture Knowledge - Matthew 14:10 - 14:10
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and beheaded: Mat 17:12, Mat 21:35-36, Mat 22:3-6, Mat 23:34-36; 2Ch 36:16; Jer 2:30; Mar 6:27-29; Mar 9:13; Luk 9:9; Rev 11:7
the prison: Josephus informs us that John the Baptist was imprisoned and beheaded by Herod in the strong castle of Machaerus, which he describes as situated about 60 stadia east of Jordan, not far from where the river discharges itself into the Dead Sea.