Matthew 14:12
Later, John's disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then they went and brought word to Jesus.
Text-Critical English NT
In The King James Version
And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
In Context
11John's head was then brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.
Cross References
Matthew 27:58He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. So Pilate commanded that the body be given to him.
Acts 8:2Devout men carried Stephen away for burial and made great lamentation over him.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:2-13
The Death of John the Baptist. 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a… Read the whole commentary →