⁷ Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was being done by [Jesus], and he was [thoroughly] perplexed and troubled, because it was said by some that John [the Baptist] had been raised from the dead,

⁸ And by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had come back to life.

⁹ But Herod said, John I beheaded; but Who is this about Whom I [learn] such things by hearsay? And he sought to see Him.