did away with John the Baptist. Scripture chronicles that the prophet was murdered on the dance floor after Salome's performance, and that King Herod was handed his head on a platter ...

Born in 7 BCE, John the Baptist was a Jewish preacher from Judea ... Consequently, he sent an executioner with the order to bring John’s head on a platter and present it to Salome. In this painting, ...

Herod Antipas was reluctant to grant the request, according to the Bible, but he ultimately decided to fulfill it and had John the Baptist's head brought to Salome on a platter. A courtyard ...

Salome, consulting her mother, asked for the head of John the Baptist, who was already in Herod’s prison, on a platter. In the cycle of the life of Christ, there is no more important figure than ...

and order his head delivered on a silver platter. "The Saints" follows the lives and legacies of saints like John the Baptist, who serve as examples of tenacity, courage and righteousness in the ...

8 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.

(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons) Both Salome’s dance, often referred to as the Dance of the Seven Veils, and the moment when she was presented with John the Baptist’s head on a platter have ...

In "Salome," which the Houston Symphony (not Houston Grand Opera) is staging Friday and Sunday night at Jones Hall, John the Baptist is decapitated and his head served on a platter. For Doss ...

Salome, now the king’s stepdaughter, requested John the Baptist’s head on a platter for her mother, who was furious he spoke out against her marriage. In some later artistic depictions of the ...