Mark 6:27–28
And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
And immediatly the king sent ‖an executioner, and commaunded his head to be brought, and he went, and beheaded him in the prison,
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- ‖Alternative wordingOr, one of his guard.
And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
And brought his head in a charger, and gaue it to the damosell, and the damosell gaue it to her mother.
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Mark 6:27
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immediately
At once; straightway; without delay.
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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.
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Caused to go or be carried; dispatched.
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executioner
One who carries out a sentence of death.
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Ordered; directed.
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The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.
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Having the head cut or struck off.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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Sense 1: A place of confinement. Sense 2: As a verb, to confine.
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Mark 6:28
The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.
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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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A large dish or platter.
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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.
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A girl or young woman.
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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.
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26And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
26And the king was exceeding sory, yet for his othes sake, and for their sakes which sate with him, hee would not reiect her.
27And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
27And immediatly the king sent ‖an executioner, and commaunded his head to be brought, and he went, and beheaded him in the prison,
Selected passage28And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
28And brought his head in a charger, and gaue it to the damosell, and the damosell gaue it to her mother.
Selected passage29And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
29And when his disciples heard of it, they came and tooke vp his corpse, and laid it in a tombe.