Mark 6:29
And when his disciples heard, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a sepulcher.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
In Context
28and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the maiden. And the maiden gave it to her mother.
Cross References
1 Kings 13:29And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it upon the donkey, and brought it back. And he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him.
Matthew 14:12And after coming, his disciples took up the body and buried it, and having gone, they informed Jesus.
Acts 8:2And devout men arranged to bury Stephen, and they made great lamentation over him.
Matthew Henry on Mark 6:15-30
The Death of John the Baptist. 14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. 16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake,… Read the whole commentary →