Konteks 14:8 Instructed by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
14:9 Although it grieved the king,1 because of his oath and the dinner guests he commanded it to be given.
[14:9]1tnGrk “and being grieved, the king commanded.”
[14:9]sn Herod was technically not a king, but this reflects popular usage. See the note on tetrarch in 14:1.
