Mark 6:29 meaning and explanation

When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

Mark 6:29, Berean Standard Bible

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John the Baptist had been imprisoned and then beheaded by Herod Antipas after a rash oath at his birthday banquet (Mark 6:17 to 28). Mark now records, briefly and without drama, that John's own disciples heard what had happened, came for the body, and laid it in a tomb.

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