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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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A Courageous Act of Loyalty
Commentators emphasize that the disciples' act of retrieving and burying John's body was one of profound courage and piety. In honoring a man executed by the ruler, they risked provoking the tyrant's rage against themselves. This act was a public declaration that their loyalty to John's message and ministry remained firm even after his death.
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His corpse (το πτωμα αυτου). See on Mt 24:28. It was a mournful time for the disciples of John. "They went and told Jesus" ([Refer…
Mark ends the shocking story with John’s disciples coming for the body to give it proper burial. Herod no doubt thought that he was now finished wi…
16th Century
Protestant
His disciples came. One thing only remained to complete the woman’s cruelty. It was to leave the corpse of the holy man unburied; for ther…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when his disciples heard of it That is, when the disciples of John heard of this barbarous execution of their ma…
Presbyterian
Herod feared John while he lived, and feared him still more when he was dead. Herod did many of those things which John in his preaching taught him…
