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According to the gospels, Herodias' daughter performed a sensual dance at a great party in Galilee. This pleased Herod Antipas, and he promised her anything that she wanted. She asked her mother what she should request, and Herodias said to ask for John the Baptist's head on a platter. Because Antipas had given his word, he was forced to give the daughter what she asked for. The synoptic gospels tell us that this happened shortly after the baptism, or about 29 CE. John's Gospel, whose author might have had doubts about this story, is more circumspect, although conceding that the execution took place during the lifetime of Jesus.
The first century Jewish historian, Josephus, tell us that John the Baptist died in quite different circumstances and much later in time. John was imprisoned and executed in the castle of Macherus, to the east of the Dead Sea and far from Galilee, because he had publicly criticised Antipas' marriage to his own brother's former wife, and Antipas feared that continuation of this criticism could lead to insurrection. The gospels agree that the Baptist had criticised this marriage, but Josephus makes it clear that the marriage took place in 34 CE and that the imprisonment and execution took place in 35 or 36 CE. There is no suggestion that Herodias was ever involved in the death of John the Baptist or even knew of his imprisonment and execution.
The gospels do not complete their account with the ultimate fate of Herodias for her evil deed and, since the story is a literary creation, it can not be completed from history. As to history, the death of John would have had no bearing on the subsequent life of Herodias.
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Who was involved in Johns the Baptist's death?
King Herod, his brother's wife Herodias, and her daughter were involved in John the Baptist's death. Herodias' daughter performed a sensual dance to please King Herod, and he promised her anything that she wanted. She asked her mother what she should request, and Herodias told her daughter to ask for John the Baptist's head on a platter. Because King Herod gave his word, he was forced to give the daughter what she asked for, and the daughter took the head to Herodias.
What was Herodias' daughter name who wanted John the Baptist's head on a platter?
Salome
How did st John the Baptist remain faithfull?
By not wavering to Herod & Herodias' tyranny, when they had him imprisoned.
What was the womans name who demanded the head of John the Baptist?
Her name was Herodias. See Matthew 14 and Mark 6 for the accounts.
What did Herodias do with John the Baptist's head?
The gospels say that Herod Antipas had John the Baptist beheaded early in the mission of Jesus, at the request of his wife Herodias, who had a quarrel with John. The gospels do not say what Herodias then did with John's head. We can not rely on history for the answer to what Herodias did, since it appears from the record of the Jewish historian Josephus that John the Baptist died approximately 35 CE in the castle of Macherus, both too late and too far away for the gospel story. Moreover, Herod had John imprisoned and executed because he feared a Jewish uprising to result from John's criticism of him, contrary to the gospel version that he reluctantly had John beheaded after Herodias tricked him. On this evidence, Herodias never asked for, and never received John's head.
Who danced for the head of John the Baptist?
The daughter of Herodias. Sources outside of the Bible indicate her name was Salome.
What family member of Herod wanted John the Baptist beheaded?
Herodias, the sister-in-law, then wife, of Herod.Mark 6:14-29 is the account in question. Herod married Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip (something that John spoke out against). Herodias then wanted John dead, so when her daughter (probably Solome) from her previous marriage, was asked to dance, Herodias asked her to request the head of John as payment.
What did they do with John the Baptist's head after they put it on the platter?
AnswerIn the gospels, the daughter of Herodias is said to have asked for the head of John the Baptist on a platter, during a feast for the chielf men of Galilee. However the Jewish historian Josephus says that John was simply executed for objecting to the marriage of Herod Antipas to his brother's former wife, Herodias, and that the execution took place in Macherus, a castle quite remote from where the feast would have been held. If we accept Josephus' account, John the Baptist never had his head on a platter.The answer to this question depends on whether we accept the gospel account or that of Josephus. If the former, then we do not know what happened to John's head. If the latter, then we can say that John's head was not placed on a platter, and nothing unusual happened to it.
Who murdered John the Baptist?
Herod the tetrarch. He promised the daughter of Herodias with an oath to give her anything she wanted after she had danced for him. She asked for John the Baptist's head in a charger(serving platter) which she got. Matthew 14:3-11
How was John the Baptist put to death the first time?
John the Baptist was only put to death one time. He was beheaded in prison by the king.
Did John the Baptist have any enemies?
King Herod and his family despised John the Baptist and were responsible for his death.
Who else was involved in significant events in John the Baptist's life?
Zacharias and Elizabeth were his parents. Jesus was his second cousin and the one whom John preached was the Messiah and whom he baptized. Herod, Herodias, and her daughter were responsible for his death. Some of Jesus' disciples were likely John's disciples earlier.
