¹⁴ They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others, Elijah; still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”^(A)

John the Baptist Beheaded

¹⁴ King^(A) Herod^(B) heard about it, because Jesus’s name^(C) had become well known. Some^[a] said, “John the Baptist^(D) has been raised from the dead,^(E) and that’s why miraculous powers^(F) are at work^(G) in him.”

Herod’s Desire to See Jesus

⁷ Herod the tetrarch^(A) heard about everything that was going on.^(B) He was perplexed, because some said that John had been raised from the dead,