12And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
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And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)We have here the story of John’s martyrdom. Observe, I. The occasion of relating this story here, Matt. 14:1 , 2 . Here is, 1. The account brought to Herod of the miracles which Christ wrought. Herod the tetrarch or chief governor of Galilee heard of the fame of Jesus . At that time, when his countrymen slighted him, upon the account of his meanness and obscurity, he began to be famous at court. N…
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