Matthew 14:8. Being let on by her mother. Instigated rather than instructed. She went out and consulted her mother, but the mother's purpose had already been formed, and her answer (Mark 6:24) shows great vindictiveness and determination, as does the demand, not for the death, but for the head of the Baptist.

Upon a platter. A large dish. This seems to have been added by Salome herself, ‘as a hideous jest, implying an intention to devour it' (J. A. Alexander).

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