Matthew 14:12
Then John's disciples went and removed the body and buried it, and came and informed Jesus.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
In Context
11The head was brought on a dish and given to the young girl, and she took it to her mother.
Cross References
Matthew 27:58He went to Pilate and begged to have the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered it to be given to him.
Acts 8:2A party of devout men, however, buried Stephen, and made loud 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 →