Matthew 14 is the fourteenth chapter in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament section of the Christian Bible. It continues the narrative about Jesus' ministry in Galilee and recounts the circumst
Gospel of Matthew 14:28–31 on Uncial 073, from 5th or 6th century
John the Baptist was a religious preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy, Eastern Catholicism,
Matthew 14
…section of the Christian Bible. It continues the narrative about Jesus' ministry in Galilee and recounts the circumstances leading to the death of John the Baptist. The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 36 verses…
Saint John the Baptist, a 1540 painting by Titian
The ruins of Machaerus at a hilltop overlooking the Dead Sea in modern-day Jordan, where John's decapitation reportedly took place around 32 AD.
Salome is given the severed head of John the Baptist. Onorio Marinari, 1670s.
St. John the Baptist Preaching, c. 1665, by Mattia Preti