Mark 6:16

Which Herod hearing, said: John whom I beheaded, he is risen again from the dead.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

In Context

15And others said: It is Elias. But others said: It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.

17For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.

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Cross References

Psalms 53:5Shall not all the workers of iniquity know, who eat up my people as they eat bread?

Matthew 27:4Saying: I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. But they said: What is that to us? look thou to it.

Revelation 11:10And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry: and shall send gifts one to another, because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt upon the earth.

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:15-30

The Death of John the Baptist. 14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. 16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake,… Read the whole commentary →

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