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Time after Pentecost · Proper 10 · Year B

Mark 6:14-29

The Death of John the Baptist

July 11, 2027

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, Caravaggio
Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, Caravaggio, 1607–1610National Gallery, London
Painted in Caravaggio's last years on the run. Nobody looks at the head; Salome turns away, the executioner looks down, and the old woman is the only one grieving.It is the reading, and Caravaggio painted the moment after, when everyone is embarrassed.CaravaggioThe painter who put street models and raking light into altarpieces, killed a man in a brawl, and changed European painting in under twenty years.National Gallery, LondonFounded in 1824 by buying one banker's collection, and deliberately placed in Trafalgar Square so that people from every part of London could walk to it.National Gallery, London
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMark 6:14-29Mk 6:14-29
EpistleEph. 1:3-14Eph 1:3-14
Old TestamentAmos 7:7-15Am 7:7-15
PsalterPs. 85:(1-7) 8-13Ps 85:(1-7) 8-13

Overview & Insights

"For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man." (Mark 6:20)

Herod Antipas, cornered by a rash oath at a banquet and by Herodias's grudge, has John the Baptist beheaded; the account is framed by Herod's fearful guess that Jesus is John raised from the dead.

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Commentary

Working Preacher: Commentary on Mark 6:14-29Working Preacher: Commentary on Mk 6:14-29 Working Preacher

Lutheran lectionary commentary on Herod and the death of John for Year B.

Enduring Word: Mark 6Enduring Word: Mk 6 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.

Precept Austin: Mark 6 CommentaryPrecept Austin: Mk 6 Commentary Precept Austin

Deep study page gathering many conservative commentators on Mark 6.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Mark 6:14BibleHub: Commentaries on Mk 6:14 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the pericope's opening verse.

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Background & Word Study

BibleProject: Gospel of Mark OverviewBibleProject: Gospel of Mk Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the whole Gospel of Mark's design and message.

BibleHub: Mark 6 InterlinearBibleHub: Mk 6 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of Mark 6.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Mark 6Catena: Mk 6 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Mark 6.

Worship & Prayers

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Vanderbilt: Revised Common Lectionary Art Index Vanderbilt

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Study Hub

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