^{27 Ref} And straightway the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring his head: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

²⁸ and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother.

^{29 Ref} And when his disciples heard `thereof', they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.