Chapter Fourteen - Quick Notes and Facts

• Herod had married his brother's wife, and John preached against this, saying that it was indecent. The daughter, Salome, has gone down in history as a seductress, but that is tradition and not straight out of this passage. Also, in legend, her performance is sometimes called the ‘dance of the seven veils.'
  
  
• The feeding miracle is recorded (although the timing and the details differ) in all four of the gospels. It is one of the most enduring and remembered stories.
  
  
• In the early Christian church, loaves obviously had a connection to the Eucharist. Fish were a common symbol for Christ, since (icthys) the word for ‘fish' in Greek is an acronym that stands for ‘Jesus Christ, son of God, Savior.'