Mark 6:27

Weymouth New Testament

He at once sent a soldier of his guard with orders to bring John's head. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring John’s head. So he went and beheaded him in prison,

King James Version (1611)
And immediatly the king sent an executioner, and commaunded his head to be brought, and he went, and beheaded him in the prison,

King James Version
And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

English Standard Version
And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. He went and beheaded him in the prison

New American Standard Bible
Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and beheaded him in the prison,

New Century Version
Immediately the king sent a soldier to bring John's head. The soldier went and cut off John's head in the prison

Amplified Bible
So the king immediately sent for an executioner and commanded him to bring back John's head. And he went and had John beheaded in the prison,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and had him beheaded in the prison,

Legacy Standard Bible
And immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Berean Standard Bible
So without delay, the king commanded that John's head be brought in. He sent an executioner who 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.

Complete Jewish Bible
So the king immediately sent a soldier from his personal guard with orders to bring Yochanan's head. The soldier went and beheaded Yochanan in the prison,

Darby Translation
And immediately the king, having sent one of the guard, ordered his head to be brought. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,

Easy-to-Read Version
So he sent a soldier to cut off John's head and bring it to him. The soldier went and cut off John's head in the prison.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And immediatly the King sent the hangman, and gaue charge that his head shoulde be brought in. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,

George Lamsa Translation
So the king immediately sent the executioner, and commanded to bring the head of John. And he went and beheaded John in the prison,

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;

Lexham English Bible
And immediately the king sent an executioner and ordered him to bring his head. And he went and beheaded him in the prison.

Literal Translation
And the king sending a guardsman at once, he ordered his head to be brought. And going, he beheaded him in the prison,

American Standard Version
And straightway the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring his head: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Bible in Basic English
And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,

Hebrew Names Version
Immediately the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring Yochanan's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

International Standard Version
So without delay the king sent a soldier and ordered him to bring John'shis">[fn] head. The soldierHe">[fn] went and beheaded him in prison.

Etheridge Translation
But the king despatched at once a sentinel, and commanded that he should bring the head of Juchanon. And he went and cut off the head of Juchanon in the house of the bound,

Murdock Translation
and the king sent immediately an executioner, and commanded [fn] to bring the head of John. And he went, and struck off the head of John in the prison;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And immediatlye the kyng sent the hangman, and commaunded his head to be brought in: And he went, and beheaded hym in the pryson,

English Revised Version
And straightway the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring his head: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

World English Bible
Immediately the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And immediately the king sent one of his guard, and commanded his head to be brought.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but sente a manqueller and comaundide, that Joones heed were brouyt in a dissche. And he bihedide hym in the prisoun,

Update Bible Version
And right away the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring his head: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Webster's Bible Translation
And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

New English Translation
So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.

New King James Version
Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in prison,

New Living Translation
So he immediately sent an executioner to the prison to cut off John's head and bring it to him. The soldier beheaded John in the prison,

New Life Bible
At once he sent one of his soldiers and told him to bring the head of John the Baptist. The soldier went to the prison and cut off John's head.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king, straightway, sending off a guard, gave orders to bring his head.

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

Revised Standard Version
And immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard and gave orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded him in the prison,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And immediatly ye kynge sent ye hangma and comaunded his heed to be brought in. And he went and beheeded him in the preson

Young's Literal Translation
and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And immediatly he sent the hangman, and commaunded his heade to be brought in. So he wete, and heeded him in the preson,

Mace New Testament (1729)
but immediately dispatch'd the proper officer with orders to bring the head of John the Baptist.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He sent the executioner to the dungeon in which John was being held and the fellow

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ King Herod heard of all this (for the name of Jesus had become widely known), and he kept saying, "John the Baptizer has come back to life, and that is why these miraculous Powers are working in him." ¹⁵ Others asserted that He was Elijah. Others again said, "He is a Prophet, like one of the great Prophets." ¹⁶ But when Herod heard of Him, he said, "The John, whom I beheaded, has come back to life." ¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent and had had John arrested and had kept him in prison in chains, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her. ¹⁸ For John had repeatedly told Herod, "You have no right to be living with your brother's wife." ¹⁹ Therefore Herodias hated him and wished to take his life, but could not; ²⁰ for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and he protected him. After listening to him he was in great perplexity, and yet he found a pleasure in listening. ²¹ At length Herodias found her opportunity. Herod on his birthday gave a banquet to the nobles of his court and to the tribunes and the principal people in Galilee, ²² at which Herodias's own daughter came in and danced, and so charmed Herod and his guests that he said to her, "Ask me for anything you please, and I will give it to you." ²³ He even swore to her, "Whatever you ask me for I will give you, up to half my kingdom."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the king: Matthew 14:10, Matthew 14:11

an executioner: or, one of his guard, נוךןץכבפשס [Strong's G4688], in Latin, speculator, from speculor, to look about, spy, properly denotes a sentinel; and as these sentinels kept guard at the palaces of kings, and the residences of Roman governors, so they were employed in other offices besides guarding, and usually performed that of executioners. As, however, we learn from Josephus, that Herod was at this very time engaged in war with Aretas, king of Arabia, in consequence of Herod's having divorced his daughter in order to marry Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; and as this event occurred at an entertainment given at the castle of Machaerus, while his army was on its march against his father-in-law; we are furnished with an additional reason why a speculator, or sentinel, should have been employed as an executioner; and are thus enabled to discover such a latent and undesigned coincidence as clearly evinces the truth of the evangelical narrative.

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 18:7 - I hate him Proverbs 16:14 - messengers Daniel 3:6 - the same Mark 6:14 - king Herod Revelation 20:4 - beheaded

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And immediately the king sent an executioner,....

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and commanded his head to be brought; ordered him to cut off his head in prison, and bring it away forthwith in a charger to him:

and he went and beheaded him in the prison; according to his orders.