When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
Parallel translations
- WEB When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
- KJV And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
- NKJV When his disciples heard of it, they came and took away his corpse and laid it in a tomb.
- NASB When his disciples heard about this, they came and carried away his body, and laid it in a tomb.
- NLT When John’s disciples heard what had happened, they came to get his body and buried it in a tomb.
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Quick answer
John's disciples reverently buried his body. Their devotion honors a faithful servant and reminds us that death does not end God's work through His people.
Overview
Mark notes the loyal care of John's disciples, who gave their teacher a proper burial. This brief, dignified ending contrasts with the wickedness that took his life. John completed his appointed task of preparing the way, and his disciples' grief points forward to the greater burial and resurrection of the One he proclaimed.
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- Matt 14:12Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.
- 2 Chr 24:16And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
- Matt 27:57–60When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who himself was a disciple of Jesus.
- 1 Kgs 13:29–30So the old prophet lifted up the body of the man of God, laid it on the donkey, and brought it back to his own city to mourn for him and bury him.
- Acts 8:2God-fearing men buried Stephen and mourned deeply over him.
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Mark drives urgently to the cross, showing Jesus the Son of God as the suffering Servant who 'came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.'
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