force herod s hand. she has instructed salome to dazzle herod so that he will do exactly what herodias wants. herod agrees to grant her whatever she desires. she pleased herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, ask me for whatever you wish, and i will give it, and he solemnly swore to her, whatever you ask me, i will give you, even half of my kingdom. it was a parlor game, the result of a good dance. mother, what should i ask? for herodias, it s the chance she s been scheming for, to finally rid herself of her tormentor.
prepare the way of the lord. while herod seems reluctant to go further, herodias knows prison will never silence john s smears on her honor. according to the gospel of mark, herodias makes her move against john at a banquet for herod s birthday where her daughter salome is providing the entertainment. it may seem like a harmless dance, but its part of an elaborate plot by herodias to
he believes that this really is the messiah and that all of the injustice that john has witnessed in the world is about to be righted. confess your sins. god does see you for who you truly are. john s stinging attack on herod s immoral marriage to his brother s wife humiliates herod at court. even with john in jail, herodias is still not satisfied. she seeks revenge and demands herod deal with the outspoken prophet once and for all. he had criticized herod for divorcing his wife and then marrying his half-brother s wife. confess your sins. but he knew what it was really about was that he was a threat. prepare the way of the lord.
while herod seems reluctant to go further, herodias knows prison will never silence john s smears on her honor. according to the gospel of mark, herodias makes her move against john at a banquet for herod s birthday where her daughter salome is providing the entertainment. it may seem like a harmless dance, but its part of an elaborate plot by herodias to force herod s hand. she has instructed salome to dazzle herod so that he will do
courage for what lies ahead. he believes that this really is the messiah and that all of the injustice that john has witnessed in the world is about to be righted. confess your sins. god does see you for who you truly are. john s stinging attack on herod s immoral marriage to his brother s wife humiliates herod at court. even with john in jail, herodias is still not satisfied. she seeks revenge and demands herod deal with the outspoken prophet once and for all. he had criticized herod for divorcing his wife and then marrying his half-brother s wife. confess your sins. but he knew what it was really about was that he was a threat.