Mark 6:27

Geneva Bible (1560)

And immediately the King sent the hangman, and gaue charge that his head shoulde be brought in. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,

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  • Matt 14:10-11 : 10 And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison. 11 And his head was brought in a platter, and giuen to the maide, and shee brought it vnto her mother.

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  • Mark 6:28-29
    2 verses
    88%

    28And brought his head in a charger, and gaue it to the maide, and the maide gaue it to her mother.

    29And when his disciples heard it, they came and tooke vp his body, and put it in a tombe.

  • Matt 14:5-11
    7 verses
    86%

    5And when hee woulde haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.

    6But when Herods birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunced before them, and pleased Herod.

    7Wherefore he promised with an othe, that he would giue her whatsoeuer she would aske.

    8And shee being before instructed of her mother, sayde, Giue mee here Iohn Baptists head in a platter.

    9And the King was sorie: neuerthelesse because of the othe, and them that sate with him at the table, he commanded it to be giuen her,

    10And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison.

    11And his head was brought in a platter, and giuen to the maide, and shee brought it vnto her mother.

  • Mark 6:16-26
    11 verses
    85%

    16So when Herod heard it, he said, It is Iohn whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

    17For Herod him selfe had sent forth, & had taken Iohn, and bound him in prison for Herodias sake, which was his brother Philippes wife, because he had maried her.

    18For Iohn sayd vnto Herod, It is not lawfull for thee to haue thy brothers wife.

    19Therefore Herodias layd waite against him, & would haue killed him, but she could not:

    20For Herod feared Iohn, knowing that hee was a iust man, and an holy, and reuerenced him, and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

    21But the time being conuenient, when Herod on his birth day made a banket to his princes and captaines, and chiefe estates of Galile:

    22And the daughter of the same Herodias came in, & daunced, and pleased Herod, and them that sate at table together, the King sayd vnto the mayde, Aske of me what thou wilt, and I will giue it thee.

    23And he sware vnto her, Whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of me, I will giue it thee, euen vnto the halfe of my kingdome.

    24So she went forth, & said to her mother, What shal I aske? And she said, Iohn Baptists head.

    25Then she came in straightway with haste vnto the King, & asked, saying, I would that thou shouldest giue me euen now in a charger the head of Iohn Baptist.

    26Then the King was very sory: yet for his othes sake, and for their sakes which sate at table with him, he would not refuse her.

  • Acts 12:2
    71%

    2And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sword.

  • 1 Kgs 3:24-25
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    71%

    24Then the King said, Bring me a sworde: & they brought out a sworde before the King.

    25And the King sayde, Deuide ye the liuing child in twaine, & giue the one halfe to the one, and the other halfe to the other.

  • 2 Kgs 11:16
    71%

    16Then they laid hands on her, and she went by the way, by the which the horses goe to the house of the King, and there was she slaine.

  • Esth 6:4-5
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    71%

    4And the King sayde, Who is in the court? (Now Haman was come into the inner court of the Kings house, that he might speake vnto the King to hang Mordecai on the tree that he had prepared for him.)

    5And the Kings seruants said vnto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court; the King sayd, Let him come in.

  • Matt 14:3
    70%

    3For Herod had taken Iohn, and bounde him, and put him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife.

  • Matt 22:6-7
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    70%

    6And the remnant tooke his seruants, and intreated them sharpely, and slewe them.

    7But when the King heard it, he was wroth, and sent foorth his warriers, and destroyed those murtherers, and burnt vp their citie.

  • 2 Chr 23:15
    70%

    15So they layde hands on her: and when she was come to the entring of the horsegate by the Kings house, they slew her there.

  • 2 Kgs 9:33-34
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    33And he sayde, Cast her downe: and they cast her downe, and hee sprinkled of her blood vpon the wall, and vpon the horses, and he trode her vnder foote.

    34And when he was come in, he did eate and drinke, and sayde, Visite now yonder cursed woman, and burie her: for she is a Kings daughter.

  • Acts 12:19
    69%

    19And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commaunded them to be led to be punished; he went downe from Iudea to Cesarea, and there abode.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31
    69%

    31And the King sayde vnto him, Doe as he hath sayd, & smite him, and bury him, that thou mayest take away the blood, which Ioab shed causelesse, fro me & from the house of my father.

  • Luke 3:20
    69%

    20He added yet this aboue all, that he shut vp Iohn in prison.

  • 2 Sam 13:17
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    17But called his seruant that serued him, & sayd, Put this woman now out from me, & locke the doore after her.

  • 1 Sam 22:16
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    16Then the King sayd, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy fathers house.

  • 2 Sam 14:16
    68%

    16For the King wil heare, to deliuer his handmayde out of the hande of the man that woulde destroy mee, and also my sonne from the inheritance of God.

  • 2 Kgs 10:7-8
    2 verses
    68%

    7And when the letter came to them, they tooke the Kings sonnes, and slewe the seuentie persons, and layde their heads in baskets, and sent them vnto him to Izreel.

    8Then there came a messenger and tolde him, saying, They haue brought the heads of the Kings sonnes; he sayd, Let them lay them on two heapes at the entring in of the gate vntil the morning.

  • Esth 7:7
    68%

    7And the King arose from ye banket of wine in his wrath, and went into the palace garden: but Haman stood vp, to make request for his life to the Queene Ester: for he sawe that there was a mischiefe prepared for him of the King.

  • 2 Kgs 6:31-32
    2 verses
    68%

    31And he saide, God doe so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the sonne of Shaphat shall stande on him this day.

    32(Nowe Elisha sate in his house, and the Elders sate with him.) And the King sent a man before him: but before the messenger came to him, he saide to the Elders, See ye not howe this murtherers sonne hath sent to take away mine head? take heede when the messenger commeth, and shut the doore and handle him roughly at the doore: is not the sounde of his masters feete behinde him?

  • Luke 9:9
    68%

    9Then Herod sayd, Iohn haue I beheaded: who then is this of whome I heare such things? And he desired to see him.

  • Esth 6:14
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    14And while they were yet talking with him, came the Kings eunuches & hasted to bring Haman vnto the banket that Ester had prepared.

  • Esth 8:7
    68%

    7And the King Ahashuerosh sayde vnto the Queene Ester, & to Mordecai the Iewe, Behold, I haue giuen Ester the house of Haman, whome they haue hanged vpon the tree, because he layd hand vpon the Iewes.

  • 1 Kgs 3:27
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    27Then the King answered, and sayde, Giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: this is his mother.

  • 1 Sam 31:9
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    9And they cut off his head, and stripped him out of his armour, & sent into the land of ye Philistims on euery side, that they should publish it in the temple of their idoles, & among the people.

  • Esth 9:25
    67%

    25And when she came before the King, he commanded by letters, Let this wicked deuise (which he imagined against the Iewes) turne vpon his owne head, and let them hang him and his sonnes on the tree.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
    67%

    57And when Dauid was returned from the slaughter of the Philistim, then Abner tooke him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistim in his hand.