Mark 6:14
12 So they set out and preached that the people should repent.
13 They also drove out many demons and healed many of the sick, anointing them with oil.
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.”
15 Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
16 But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”
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- BSB
- 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.”
- KJV
- 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 shew forth themselves in him.
- WEB
- King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, “John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”
- ASV
- And king Herod heard [thereof]; for his name had become known: and he said, John the Baptizer is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him.
- DARBY
- And Herod the king heard [of him] (for his name had become public), and said, John the baptist is risen from among [the] dead, and on this account works of power are wrought by him.
- BLB
- And King Herod heard; for His name became well known, And they were saying, “John, the one baptizing, has been raised out from the dead. And because of this, the miraculous powers are working in him.”
- ÅB
- Og kong Herodes fikk høre om dette - for Jesu navn ble kjent vidt og bredt - og han sa: Døperen Johannes har stått opp fra de døde, og derfor er det disse krefter er virksomme i ham.
- OTB
- Kong Herodes hørte om dette, for Jesu navn hadde blitt godt kjent. Noen sa: "Døperen Johannes er stått opp fra de døde, og det er derfor disse mirakuløse kreftene er i virksomhet i ham."
- B1930
- Og kong Herodes fikk høre om dette - for Jesu navn blev kjent vidt og bredt - og han sa: Døperen Johannes er opstanden fra de døde, og derfor er det disse krefter er virksomme i ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 9:7–9
When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,
Read in contextMark 6:14–29
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 contextMark 1:28
And the news about Jesus spread quickly through the whole region of Galilee.
Read in contextLuke 23:7–12
And learning that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem at that time.
Read in contextLuke 13:31
At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
Read in contextMatthew 9:31
But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout the land.
Read in context2 Chronicles 26:15
And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously so that he became powerful.
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,
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