Mark 6:27-30

6:27 So ¹  the king sent an executioner at once to bring John’s ²  head, and he went and beheaded John in prison. 6:28 He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. 6:29 When John’s ³  disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.

The Feeding of the Five Thousand

6:30 Then ⁴  the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught.

¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

² tn Grk “his”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Grk “his”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.