Mark 6:29

29 And when his disciples hearde of it they came and toke vp his body and put it in a toumbe.

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 And immediatly ye kynge sent ye hangma and comaunded his heed to be brought in. And he went and beheeded him in the preson

28 and brought his heed in a charger and gave it to the mayden and the mayden gave it to her mother.

29 And when his disciples hearde of it they came and toke vp his body and put it in a toumbe.

30 And the apostels gaddered them selves to ggedre to Iesus and tolde him all thinges booth what they had done and what they had taught.

31 And he sayd vnto them: come ye aparte into the wyldernes and rest awhyle. For there were many comers and goers that they had no leasure so moche as to eate.