“And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.”
At once the girl hurried back to the king with the request: I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter — the right now is Herodias's urgency communicated through her daughter: do it immediately, before Herod can change his mind. On a platter makes the request simultaneously specific and macabre: the executed head is to be served like a course at the banquet. The daughter is the instrument of Herodias's revenge, and she executes her role with urgency.
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