¹⁶ But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!”

¹⁰ The inhabitants of the earth^(A) will gloat over them and will celebrate by sending each other gifts,^(B) because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth.

¹¹ But after the three and a half days^(C) the breath^[a] of life from God entered them,^(D) and they stood on their feet, and terror struck those who saw them. ¹² Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, “Come up here.”^(E) And they went up to heaven in a cloud,^(F) while their enemies looked on.

¹³ At that very hour there was a severe earthquake^(G) and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory^(H) to the God of heaven.^(I)

⁹ But Herod said, “I beheaded John. Who, then, is this I hear such things about?” And he tried to see him.^(A)

⁴ “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”

“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”^(A)

² and he said to his attendants, “This is John the Baptist;^(A) he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

¹⁰ and on the vine were three branches. As soon as it budded, it blossomed,^(A) and its clusters ripened into grapes. ¹¹ Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup and put the cup in his hand.”