Mark 6:23

23 And he swore to her, "Anything whatever you ask me for I will give you, up to half my kingdom!"

Mark 6:23 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:23

And he sware unto her
He added an oath to what he had before said, the more to confirm it, and to encourage her in her request, and which he repeated in stronger language:

whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half
of my kingdom; (See Gill on Matthew 14:7).

Mark 6:23 In-Context

21 And a suitable day came when Herod, on his birthday, gave a banquet for his courtiers and military tribunes and the most prominent [men] of Galilee.

22 And [when] the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced and pleased Herod and {his dinner guests}, the king said to the girl, "Ask me [for] whatever you want, and I will give [it] to you."

23 And he swore to her, "Anything whatever you ask me for I will give you, up to half my kingdom!"

24 And she went out [and] said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" And she said, "The head of John the baptizer."

25 And she came in immediately with haste to the king [and] asked, saying, "I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately."

Footnotes

• [a] Some manuscripts add "at length"