And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
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Jerome
AD 420
Josephus relates that in a certain town of Arabia John’s head had been cut off. As to the words that follow, “and his disciples came and took the body,” we presume these people are the disciples of both John and the Savior. .