Luke 9:7
5 If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”
6 So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.
When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,
8 others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that a prophet of old had arisen.
9 “I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this man I hear such things about?” And he kept trying to see Jesus.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,
- KJV
- Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;
- WEB
- Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,
- ASV
- Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done: and he was much perplexed, because that it was said by some, that John was risen from the dead;
- DARBY
- And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things which were done [by him], and was in perplexity, because it was said by some that John was risen from among [the] dead,
- BLB
- Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things happening, and he was perplexed because it was said by some that John was risen out from the dead,
- ÅB
- Men fjerdingsfyrsten Herodes fikk høre om alt det som skjedde, og han var i stor tvil, fordi det ble sagt av noen at Johannes hadde stått opp fra de døde,
- OTB
- Herodes landsfyrsten hørte om alt som skjedde, og han var forvirret fordi noen sa at Johannes var blitt reist opp fra de døde,
- B1930
- Men fjerdingsfyrsten Herodes fikk høre om alt det som skjedde, og han var i stor tvil, fordi det blev sagt av nogen at Johannes var opstanden fra de døde,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 6:14–28
Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
Read in contextMatthew 14:1–12
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus
Read in contextLuke 9:19
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that a prophet of old has arisen.”
Read in contextJob 18:11–12
Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
Read in contextPsalms 73:19
How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
Read in contextLuke 3:1
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
Read in contextMicah 7:4
The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
Read in contextIsaiah 22:5
For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
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