why do they jave a JOHN-the-BAPTIST BEHEADING PAINTING on the WALL @ the GLENDALE LIBRARY ? AT LEAST that's what I think it is...although the head is not on a platter (yet)...I can't figure out what else it might be...whatever the case may be, it's sort of a strange painting to
have on the wall at a library
"... Finally the opportune time came.
On his birthday Herod gave a
banquet for his high officials and
military commanders and the
leading men of Galilee.22 When the
daughter of[c] Herodias came in
and danced, she pleased Herod and
his dinner guests.
The king said to the girl, “Ask me
for anything you want, and I’ll give
it to you.”23 And he promised her
with an oath, “Whatever you ask I
will give you, up to half my
kingdom.”
24 She went out and said to her
mother, “What shall I ask for?”
“The head of John the Baptist,” she
answered.
25 At once the girl hurried in to the
king with the request: “I want you
to give me right now the head of
John the Baptist on a platter.”
26 The king was greatly distressed,
but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to
refuse her. 27 So he immediately
sent an executioner with orders to
bring John’s head. The man went,
beheaded John in the prison,28 and
brought back his head on a platter.
He presented it to the girl, and she
gave it to her mother. 29 On hearing
of this, John’s disciples came and
took his body and laid it in a
tomb...." Mark 6.14-29
