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Mark 6:27
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
And immediately the king sent an executioner (note: Or, one of his guard), and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.