◄ Mark 6:27 ►
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Good News Translation
So he sent off a guard at once with orders to bring John's head. The guard left, went to the prison, and cut John's head off;

New Revised Standard Version
Immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard with orders to bring John’s head. He went and beheaded him in the prison,

Contemporary English Version
At once he ordered a guard to cut off John's head there in prison.

New American Bible
So he promptly dispatched an executioner with orders to bring back his head. He went off and beheaded him in the prison.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish.

the king.

Matthew 14:10,11 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. . . .

an executioner.

Context
The Beheading of John
…26And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her: 27But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish. 28And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish: and gave to the damsel, and the damsel gave it her mother.…
Cross References
Mark 6:26
And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her:

Mark 6:28
And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish: and gave to the damsel, and the damsel gave it her mother.

Mark 6:26
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