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He said to his officials, “This is John the Baptizer! He has come back to life. That’s why he has the power to perform these miracles.”

Herod had arrested John, tied him up, and put him in prison. Herod did this for Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip. John had been telling Herod, “It’s not right for you to be married to her.”

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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.”

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison(B) because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,(C) for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.”(D)

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