And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
Herodias did not shed the blood of the stern reprover; she only got it done, and then gloated over it, as it streamed from the trunkless head. The striking analogy to this in the Church of Rome will be noticed in Remark 3, below.