And his | his disciples heard | disciples came, and | _thereof_, they came| took up the corpse, | and took up his | and buried him; and | corpse, and laid it | they went and told | in a tomb. | Jesus. | [Footnote 1: Some ancient authorities read _they_.] [Footnote 2: Gr. _the Baptizer_.] [Footnote 3: Many ancient authorities read _did many things_.] [Footnote 4: Or, _military tribunes_. Gr. _chiliarchs_.] [Footnote 5: Some ancient authorities read _his daughter Herodias_.] [Footnote 6: Or, _it_.] [Footnote a: Mark's connection shows that Herod Antipas was impressed by the account of miracles which the disciples had wrought, as well as by those of Jesus himself.] [Footnote b: Josephus (_Antiquities_, Book XVIII, v., 2) says of John that Herod "thought it best, by putting him to death, to prevent any mischief he might cause, and not bring himself into difficulties, by sparing a man who might make him repent of it when it should be too late." Josephus in no wise controverts the picture in Mark where Herodias appears as the one who prods Antipas to put John out of the way to satisfy her resentment against him for his rebuke of her adulterous marriage. Josephus merely presents the public and political aspects of the imprisonment and death of John.] PART VIII THE SPECIAL TRAINING OF THE TWELVE IN DISTRICTS AROUND GALILEE Probably Passover in A.D. 29[a] to near Tabernacles in A.D. 29 or a year earlier (six months from spring to autumn). Just a year from the beginning of this Period till the Crucifixion. Emphasis now on the King of the Kingdom (the Person of the Messiah). _§§ 72-95. Four separate withdrawals[b] from Galilee are given, in §§ 72, 78, 79, 81. Notice that in every case he keeps out of Herod's territory, and in every case he goes to the mountains._ [Footnote a: If the ministry of Jesus was three and a half years in length. If there were only three passovers in the ministry, then the year would be A.D. 28. This period begins just before a passover (John 6:4).] [Footnote b: There are five reasons for the withdrawals from Galilee. He withdraws from the jealousy of Herod Antipas (§ 71), from the fanaticism of would-be followers in Galilee (John 6:15), and the hostility of the Jewish rulers; and leaving the hot shores of the Lake of Galilee, he spent the summer in mountain districts around, resting, and _instructing the Twelve_.] § 72. THE FIRST RETIREMENT. THE TWELVE RETURN, AND JESUS RETIRES WITH THEM BEYOND THE LAKE TO REST. FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND