Contemporary English Version
to go to the prison and cut off John's head.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

and beheaded.

Matthew 17:12 But I say to you, that Elias is already come, and they knew him not, But have done unto him whatsoever they had a mind. So also the Son of man shall suffer from them.

Matthew 21:35,36 And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one and killed another and stoned another. . . .

Matthew 22:3-6 And he sent his servants to call them that were invited to the marriage: and they would not come. . . .

Matthew 23:34-36 Therefore behold I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes: and some of them you will put to death and crucify: and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city. . . .

2 Chronicles 36:16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused the prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, and there was no remedy.

Jeremiah 2:30 In vain have I struck your children, they have not received correction: your sword hath devoured your prophets, your generation is like a ravaging lion.

Mark 6:27-29 But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish. . . .

Mark 9:13 But I say to you that Elias also is come (and they have done to him whatsoever they would), as it is written of him.

Luke 9:9 And Herod said: John I have beheaded. But who is this of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.

Revelation 11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the abyss shall make war against them and shall overcome them and kill them.

the prison.

60 stadia east of Jordan, not far from where the river discharges itself into the Dead Sea.