Mark 6:16

But when Herod heard of him, he said: He is that John whose head I struck off: he is risen from the dead.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

15Others said: He is Elijah: and others: He is a prophet, like one of the prophets.

17For Herod had sent and seized John and bound him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philips wife, whom he had taken.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:4and said: I have sinned, by betraying innocent blood. And they said: What is that to us? See to it thyself.

Revelation 11:10And they who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, and will be merry, and will send presents to one another; because those two prophets tormented them who dwell on 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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