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Herod the ruler heard about all that was happening. He did not know what to think. Some people said John the Baptizer had risen from death.

Some people said Elijah had come back. And other people said that one of the old prophets of God had risen from death.

Herod said, `I cut off John's head. Now who is this man of whom I hear such things?' He wanted to see Jesus.

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Now Herod(A) the tetrarch heard about all that was going on. And he was perplexed because some were saying that John(B) had been raised from the dead,(C) others that Elijah had appeared,(D) and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life.(E) But Herod said, “I beheaded John. Who, then, is this I hear such things about?” And he tried to see him.(F)

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