Mark 6 · Verse 29

Mark 6:29

And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
Mark 6:29, King James Version

Mark 6:29 in other translations

BSBWhen John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
WEBWhen his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse and laid it in a tomb.
ASVAnd when his disciples heard thereof, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
YLTand having heard, his disciples came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb.
DARBYAnd his disciples having heard it, came and took up his body, and laid it in a tomb.
BBEAnd when his disciples had news of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in its last resting-place.
WebsterAnd when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

What does Mark 6:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
29. And when his disciples heard of it--that is, the Baptist's own disciples. they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb--"and went and told Jesus" (Mt 14:12). If these disciples had, up to this time, stood apart from Him, as adherents of John (Mt 11:2), perhaps they now came to Jesus, not without some secret reflection on Him for His seeming neglect of their master; but perhaps, too, as orphans, to cast in their lot henceforth with the Lord's disciples. How Jesus felt, or what He said, on receiving this intelligence, is not recorded; but He of whom it was said, as He stood by the grave of His friend Lazarus, "Jesus wept," was not likely to receive such intelligence without deep emotion. And one reason why He might not be unwilling that a small body of John's disciples should cling to him to the last, might be to provide some attached friends who should do for his precious body, on a small scale, what was afterwards to be done for His own.

Mr 6:30-56. The Twelve on Their Return, Having Reported the Success of Their Mission, Jesus Crosses the Sea of Galilee with Them, Teaches the People, and Miraculously Feeds Them to the Number of Five Thousand--He Sends His Disciples by Ship Again to the Western Side, While He Himself Returns Afterwards Walking on the Sea--Incidents on Landing. ( = Mt 14:13-36; Lu 9:10-17; Joh 6:1-24).

Here, for the first time, all the four streams of sacred text run parallel. The occasion and all the circumstances of this grand section are thus brought before us with a vividness quite remarkable. Five Thousand Miraculously Fed (Mr 6:30-44).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes
Verse 29.

(p) "they came" Acts 8:2

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 6:14-29

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; but it is not enough to do many things, we must have respect to all the commandments. Herod respected John, till he touched him in his Herodias. Thus many love good preaching, if it keep far away from their beloved sin. But it is better that sinners persecute ministers…

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Mark 6:29 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532
ἀκούσαντεςakousanteshaving heard [it]G191
οἱhoitheG3588
μαθηταὶmathētaidisciplesG3101
αὐτοῦautouof himG846
ἦλθονēlthoncameG2064
καὶkaiandG2532
ἦρανēranthey took upG142
τὸtotheG3588
πτῶμαptōmabodyG4430
αὐτοῦautouof himG846
καὶkaiandG2532
ἔθηκανethēkanlaidG5087
αὐτὸautoitG846
ἐνeninG1722
μνημείῳ.¶mnēmeiō[a] tomb.G3419

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 6:29

  • Matthew 14:12

    And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

  • 2 Chronicles 24:16

    And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.

  • Acts 8:2

    And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

  • 1 Kings 13:29-30

    And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

  • Matthew 27:57-60

    When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus’ disciple: He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
they came.
1Ki 13:29,30; 2Ch 24:16; Mt 14:12; 27:57-60; Ac 8:2

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Context

  • Mark 6:28

    And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.

  • Mark 6:29

    And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

  • Mark 6:30

    And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.

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Mark 6:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y oyéndo lo sus discípulos, vinieron y tomaron su cuerpo, y le pusieron en un sepulcro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et ses disciples, l’ayant appris, vinrent et enlevèrent son corps et le mirent dans un sépulcre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und als seine Jünger es hörten, kamen sie und hoben seinen Leichnam auf und legten ihn in eine Gruft.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quo audito, discipuli ejus venerunt, et tulerunt corpus ejus: et posuerunt illud in monumento.