Mark 6:27

6:27 So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John’s head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.

Mark 6:39

6:39 Then he directed them all to sit down in groups on the green grass.

Mark 1:27

1:27 They were all amazed so that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.”

Mark 9:25

9:25 Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again.”


tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

tn Grk “his”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Or “commanded” (often with the implication of a threat, L&N 33.331).

sn Unclean spirit refers to an evil spirit.