Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
The king was sorry - He knew John to be a righteous man, and at first did many things gladly which John told him it was his duty to perform: Mark 6:20.
Nevertheless, for the oath' s sake - The Oaths, - he had probably sworn again and again - one sin begets many.
And them which sat with him at meat - Who were probably such as himself, and would have considered it a breach of honor if he had not fulfilled his sworn promise: he therefore commanded it to be given!
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Matthew 14:9:
Matthew 4:8
Matthew 14:1
Mark 6:19
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