Mark 6:27

27 sed misso speculatore praecepit adferri caput eius in disco et decollavit eum in carcere

Mark 6:27 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:27

And immediately the king sent an executioner
(See Gill on Matthew 14:10)

and commanded his head to be brought;
ordered him to cut off his head in prison, and bring it away forthwith in a charger to him:

and he went and beheaded him in the prison;
according to his orders.

Mark 6:27 In-Context

25 cumque introisset statim cum festinatione ad regem petivit dicens volo ut protinus des mihi in disco caput Iohannis Baptistae

26 et contristatus rex propter iusiurandum et propter simul recumbentes noluit eam contristare

27 sed misso speculatore praecepit adferri caput eius in disco et decollavit eum in carcere

28 et adtulit caput eius in disco et dedit illud puellae et puella dedit matri suae

29 quo audito discipuli eius venerunt et tulerunt corpus eius et posuerunt illud in monumento