Mat 14:6-11 | TNotes | STEP | 14:6 Herodias’s daughter was probably Salome, a daughter from Herodias’s previous marriage to Philip. Sexually provocative dances such as this were a regular occurrence for depraved royalty.

‏ Matthew 14:6-11

14:6 ^a Herodias’s daughter was probably Salome, a daughter from Herodias’s previous marriage to Philip. Sexually provocative dances such as this were a regular occurrence for depraved royalty.
14:7 ^b Such an extravagant, foolish oath was consistent with Herod Antipas’s character.
14:8 ^c The practice of bringing a head ... on a tray was not unknown in the ancient world (see Josephus, Antiquities 13.4.8; 14.15.13; 18.5.1; 20.5.1).