“And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,”
So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison — the execution is immediate: the urgency of Herodias's demand is honored. The executioner (spekoulator, the Latin word for the imperial bodyguard who performed executions) is dispatched to the prison where John has been held. The beheading is reported without elaboration: the execution of the greatest prophet born of woman (Mark 1:2–3, Matthew 11:11) is described in a single subordinate clause. Mark does not sentimentalize the death of the forerunner.
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