Mark 6:27 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

²⁷ And immediately the king sent a soldier who served as his guard and ordered him to bring John’s head to him. So, he went and decapitated him in the prison,

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ And immediately the king sent off one [of the soldiers] of his bodyguard and gave him orders to bring [John's] head. He went and beheaded him in the prison

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ 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,

Common English Bible

²⁷ So he ordered a guard to bring John’s head. The guard went to the prison, cut off John’s head,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ So, having sent an executioner, he instructed that his head be brought on a platter.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish.

Mark 6:27 Cross References

Mark 6:26

And the king became very distressed [over such a gruesome request], but because he had promised her with oaths, and [to keep from looking bad] in front of his party guests, he did not refuse her [request].

Mark 6:28

and brought his head on a [large] platter and gave it to the young woman. She [in turn] gave it to her mother [Herodias].