Today’s gospel (Matt 14:1-12) is about the martyrdom of John the Baptist. Herod had a party with many distinguished guests. His daughter danced beautifully before the guests, and in his delight Herod promised to give her anything she asked including half of his kingdom. Then following her mother’s advice, she asked for the head of John the Baptist whom Herod was holding in prison. And that was the end of John the Baptist.
There are many lessons to be learned from this short incident. But for us, today, I want to focus on what happened next. In verse 12, Matthew reports that: “John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.”
So here’s my question. I wonder what was going on in the minds and hearts of the disciples of John after they buried him.
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