Matthew 14:2

and he said to his servants: This is John the Baptizer: he is risen from the grave: therefore works of power are wrought by him.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

In Context

1And at that time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus:

3Now this Herod had seized John, and bound him and cast him into prison; on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip.

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Cross References

Matthew 16:14And they said: Some say that thou art John the Baptizer; but others, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

John 10:41And many persons came to him: and they said, John indeed wrought not even one sign; but every thing that John said of his man, was true.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:2-13

The Death of John the Baptist. 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a… Read the whole commentary →

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