Mark 6:27
25 At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
26 The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.
28 The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.
29 When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.
- KJV
- And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
- WEB
- Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard and commanded to bring John’s head; and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
- ASV
- And straightway the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring his head: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
- DARBY
- And immediately the king, having sent one of the guard, ordered his head to be brought. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,
- BLB
- And immediately the king, having sent an executioner, commanded to be brought his head. And having gone away, he beheaded him in the prison
- ÅB
- Og straks sendte kongen en av sin livvakt avsted og befalte ham hente hans hode.
- OTB
- Så han sendte straks en bøddel med ordre om å bringe Johannes' hode. Han gikk og halshugget Johannes i fengselet,
- B1930
- Og straks sendte kongen en av sin livvakt avsted og bød ham hente hans hode.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 14:10–11
and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.
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