Mark 6:29

29 When John's followers heard this, they came and got John's body and put it in a tomb.

Mark 6:29 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:29

And when his disciples heard of it
That is, when the disciples of John heard of this barbarous execution of their master,

they came;
to the prison in the castle of Machaerus,

and took up his corpse;
the trunk of his body; for his head was carried away, to glut the revenge of Herodias;

and laid it in a tomb; (See Gill on Matthew 14:12).

Mark 6:29 In-Context

27 Immediately the king sent a soldier to bring John's head. The soldier went and cut off John's head in the prison

28 and brought it back on a platter. He gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

29 When John's followers heard this, they came and got John's body and put it in a tomb.

30 The apostles gathered around Jesus and told him about all the things they had done and taught.

31 Crowds of people were coming and going so that Jesus and his followers did not even have time to eat. He said to them, "Come away by yourselves, and we will go to a lonely place to get some rest."