Matthew 14:12 meaning and explanation

Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.

Matthew 14:12, Berean Standard Bible

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John the Baptist had been beheaded in Herod's prison, and his disciples came to take the body and bury it. Burial was a solemn duty in Jewish piety, and the Gospel notes it plainly, without spectacle.

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