Mark 6:27

27 He at once sent a soldier of his guard with orders to bring John's head. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,

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 The girl immediately came in, in haste, to the King and made her request. "My desire is," she said, "that you will give me, here and now, on a dish, the head of John the Baptist."

26 Then the King, though intensely sorry, yet for the sake of his oaths, and of his guests, would not break faith with her.

27 He at once sent a soldier of his guard with orders to bring John's head. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,

28 and brought his head on a dish and gave it to the young girl, who gave it to her mother.

29 When John's disciples heard of it, they came and took away his body and laid it in a tomb.