Mark 6:29

‘And when his disciples heard, they came and collected his corpse and laid it in a tomb.'

The same word for corpse is used in Mark 15:45 in a similar setting and the parallel may be intentional. And they also laid him in a tomb (compare Mark 15:46). Both the forerunner and his Master received similar treatment, and both would rise again.

Note. The differences in this account and that of Josephus, who makes the whole thing purely political, can easily be put down to differences of approach. Josephus, a Jewish historian seeking to present the Jews in a good light, is interested in political propaganda in support of the Jews and the facts here do not reflect well on them. He stated that the reason for John's death was because Herod feared that John's influence over the people might lead to a political rising. And that was of course true. Had it not been for that he would not have been in prison. But this does not prevent acknowledgement of the further influence of a jealous and angry woman. Mark is not concerned about politics. He is concerned about man and his relationship to God. And he may even have had sources not open to Josephus, for the wife of Herod's steward may well have been known to him (Luke 8:3). He did not need the rumour of the marketplace. (End of note).