Mark 6:29

29 And [when] his disciples heard [this], they came and took away his corpse and placed 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 And immediately the king sent an executioner [and] ordered [him] to bring his head. And he went [and] beheaded him in the prison.

28 And he brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.

29 And [when] his disciples heard [this], they came and took away his corpse and placed it in a tomb.

30 And the apostles regathered to Jesus and reported to him everything that they had done and that they had taught.

31 And he said to them, "You yourselves come privately to an isolated place and rest for a short time." For those [who were] coming and going were many, and they did not even have time to eat.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal
• [b] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation