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27 So[a] the king sent an executioner at once to bring John’s[b] head, and he went and beheaded John in prison. 28 He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. 29 When John’s[c] disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 6:27 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
  2. Mark 6:27 tn Grk “his”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. Mark 6:29 tn Grk “his”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.