When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
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When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
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And when his disciples heard it, they came and tooke vp his body, and put it in a tombe.
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Passages linked to Mark 6:29 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Matthew 14:12 His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.
- 2 Chronicles 24:16 They buried him in David’s city among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
- 1 Kings 13:29-30 The prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on the donkey, and brought it back. He came to the city of the old prophet to mourn, and to bury him. He laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!”
- Matthew 27:57-60 When evening had come, a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who himself was also Jesus’ disciple came. This man went to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body. Then Pilate commanded the body to be given up. Joseph took the body, and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock, and he rolled a great stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.
- Acts 8:2 Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 29 And when his disciples heard of it, they…
29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
Ver. 29. {See Trapp on "Mat 14:12"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And when his disciples heard of it,.... That is,…
And when his disciples heard of it,.... That is, when the disciples of John heard of this barbarous execution of their master,
they came; to the prison in the castle of Machaerus,
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and took up his corpse; the trunk of his body; for his head was carried away, to glut the revenge of Herodias;
and laid it in a tomb; See Gill on Mat 14:12.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Church history informs us, that the Christians were accustomed…
Church history informs us, that the Christians were accustomed to frequent this tomb with great piety and respect, til the reign of Julian the apostate, at which time the pagans, through hatred for Christianity, broke open his tomb, and dispersed his bones; but immediately after, thinking it better to burn them, they endeavoured to collect them again. But some religious of a neighbouring convent, joining themselves to the pagans, under pretence of collecting the bones to burn, secreted the greater part of them, and sent them to Philip, at Jerusalem, who sent them to Athanasius, bishop of Alexandria; and in the reign of Theodosius, the temple of Serapis was converted into a Christian church, and dedicated to the honour of St. John the Baptist, where his relics were deposited. (Gloss. Ordina.)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 29. laid it in a tomb] and then “went…
29. laid it in a tomb] and then “went and told Jesus” (Mat_14:12) of the death of His great Forerunner, over whom He had pronounced so remarkable a eulogy (Luk_7:27-28).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The taking up of the corpse by the disciples…
The taking up of the corpse by the disciples would seem to intimate that it lay uncared for and unburied until the disciples showed their respect for it. Josephus says that after the beheading, the mutilated remains were east out of the prison and left neglected. God"s judgments at length found out Herod. For not long after this he was defeated by Aretas in a great battle, and put to an ignominious flight. Herodias herself and Herod were banished by a decree of the Roman Senate to Lyons, where they both perished miserably; and Nicephorus relates that Salome, the daughter of Herodias, died by a remarkable visitation. She fell through some treacherous ice over which she was passing, and fell through it in such a manner that her head was caught while the rest of her body sank into the water, and thus it came to pass that in her efforts to save herself her head was nearly severed by the sharp edges of the broken ice.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:29 This verse is similar to the description of…
6:29 This verse is similar to the description of Jesus’ death and burial (see 15:43-46). Disciples of John existed after his death until at least the AD 200s (see Acts 18:24–19:7).
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