Mar 6:19-28 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Mark 6:19-28: 6:19-28 Herodias’s role in the murder of John the Baptist recalls the story of Jezebel (1 Kgs 19:1-2 ). Herod succumbed to pressure (Mark 6:26-28 ), which foreshadows the later story of Pontius Pilate, who put Jesus to death against his better judgment (cp. 6:20 , 25-28 with 15:6-15 ).

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‏ Mark 6:19-28

Summary for Mark 6:19-28: 6:19-28 ^a Herodias’s role in the murder of John the Baptist recalls the story of Jezebel (1 Kgs 19:1-2 ^b). Herod succumbed to pressure (Mark 6:26-28 ^c), which foreshadows the later story of Pontius Pilate, who put Jesus to death against his better judgment (cp. 6:20 ^d, 25-28 ^e with 15:6-15 ^f).
6:22 ^g his daughter, also named Herodias: According to the first-century Jewish historian Josephus, Herodias’s daughter was also named Salome (Josephus, Antiquities 18.5.4).