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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Matthew 14:8

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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14:8 The practice of bringing a head . . . on a tray was not unknown in the ancient world (see Josephus, Antiquities 13.4.8; 14.15.13; 18.5.1; 20.5.1).
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