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Saturday, July 19th, 2025
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15

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ܘܰܫܡܰܥܘ ܬ݁ܰܠܡܺܝܕ݂ܰܘܗ݈ܝ ܘܶܐܬ݂ܰܘ ܫܩܰܠܘ ܫܠܰܕ݁ܶܗ ܘܣܳܡܘ ܒ݁ܒ݂ܶܝܬ݂ ܩܒ݂ܽܘܪܳܐ ܀

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ; John; Thompson Chain Reference - Burying Places; Dead, the; John the Baptist; Sepulchres;

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Herod; Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Galilee; Herod; John the baptist; Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Incest; John the Baptist; Persecution; Easton Bible Dictionary - Machaerus; Salome; Holman Bible Dictionary - Herod; John; Machaerus; Mark, the Gospel of; Marriage; Prison, Prisoners; Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Herod ; John the Baptist; Machaerus; Morrish Bible Dictionary - John the Baptist; New Testament; The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Herod; People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible; Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Divorce;

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Carcass; Corpse; John the Baptist;

they came: 1 Kings 13:29, 1 Kings 13:30, 2 Chronicles 24:16, Matthew 14:12, Matthew 27:57-60, Acts 8:2

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 4:7 - took his head

And when his disciples heard of it,.... That is, when the disciples of John heard of this barbarous execution of their master,

they came; to the prison in the castle of Machaerus,

and took up his corpse; the trunk of his body; for his head was carried away, to glut the revenge of Herodias;

and laid it in a tomb; :-.

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)