“Look, most savage king, at the spectacle of your feast. Stretch out your right hand and see the streams of holy blood pouring down between your fingers. Nothing is lacking in your cruelty. The hunger for such unheard-of cruelty could not be satisfied by banquets, or the thirst by goblets. So as you drink the blood pou…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — Concerning Virginity 3.6.30
Original
28And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
Modern
Preparing…
Teens
Preparing…
Kids
Preparing…
In context
26And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
27And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
— Mark 6:28 —
29And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
30And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.