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The Beheading of John

Matthew 14:12

In 9 translations

BSB
Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.
KJV
And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
WEB
His disciples came, took the body, and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.
ASV
And his disciples came, and took up the corpse, and buried him; and they went and told Jesus.
LSV
And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus,
YLT
And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus,
DBY
And his disciples came and took the body and buried it, and came and brought word to Jesus.
DRC
And his disciples came and took the body, and buried it, and came and told Jesus.
GNV
And his disciples came, and tooke vp the bodie, and buried it, and went, and tolde Iesus.

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πτῶμα (“body”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read σῶμα (“body”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read αὐτόν (“it”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read αὐτό (“it”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: πτῶμα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πτῶμα; Robinson–Pierpont read σῶμα.
  • SBLGNT: αὐτόν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read αὐτόν; the Greek text behind the NIV, Robinson–Pierpont read αὐτό.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἦραν τὸ πτῶμα καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐλθόντες ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Ἰησοῦ.
RP2018
Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἦραν τὸ σῶμα, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτό· καὶ ἐλθόντες ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Ἰησοῦ.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ προσελθόντες οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἦραν τὸ σῶμα, καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτό· καὶ ἐλθόντες ἀπήγγειλαν τῷ Ἰησοῦ.
SCR1894
και προσελθοντες οι μαθηται αυτου ηραν το σωμα και εθαψαν αυτο και ελθοντες απηγγειλαν τω ιησου

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👤 Jesus Christ◆ John Beheaded

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Acts 8:2God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
  • Matthew 27:58–61He went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. So Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock.…

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