And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
And when a convenient day (for the purposes of Herodias) was come, that Herod, х genomenees (G1096) heemeras (G2250) eukairou (G2121), hote (G3753)] - rather, 'A convenient day being come, when Herod,'
On his birth day, made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief [estates] of Galilee. This graphic minuteness of detail adds much to the interest of the tragic narrative.