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The Beheading of John

Mark 6:29

In 9 translations

BSB
When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
KJV
And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
WEB
When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse and laid it in a tomb.
ASV
And when his disciples heard thereof, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
LSV
and having heard, his disciples came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb.
YLT
and having heard, his disciples came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb.
DBY
And his disciples having heard [it], came and took up his body, and laid it in a tomb.
DRC
Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.
GNV
And when his disciples heard it, they came and tooke vp his body, and put it in a tombe.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Spelling of ἦλθον: Westcott–Hort: ἦλθαν.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus include τῷ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text do not include this wording.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἦλθον καὶ ἦραν τὸ πτῶμα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔθηκαν αὐτὸ ἐν μνημείῳ.
RP2018
Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἦλθον, καὶ ἦραν τὸ πτῶμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθηκαν αὐτὸ ἐν μνημείῳ.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἦλθον, καὶ ἦραν τὸ πτῶμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔθηκαν αὐτὸ ἐν μνημείῳ.μνημείῳ ¦ τῷ μνημείῳ ST
SCR1894
και ακουσαντες οι μαθηται αυτου ηλθον και ηραν το πτωμα αυτου και εθηκαν αυτο εν μνημειω

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◆ John Beheaded

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 14:12Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.
  • 2 Chronicles 24:16And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
  • 1 Kings 13:29–30So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him. Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh,…
  • Matthew 27:57–60When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. So Joseph took…
  • Acts 8:2God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.

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