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LUKE 9:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 9:6Luke 9:8
“Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;”
Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was going on. And he was perplexed, because some were saying that John had been raised from the dead — Herod's perplexity at the reports of Jesus' ministry is the same confused identification as in Mark 6:14–16. The raising from the dead possibility communicates Herod's guilty conscience about John's execution — the most natural explanation of Jesus' powers, from Herod's perspective.

Church Fathers on Luke 9:7

It was not till a long time had passed that Herod took notice of the things that were done by Jesus, (to show Ho you the pride of a tyrant,) for he did not acknowledge them at first, as it is said, Now Herod heard, &c.

Chrysostom · 4th century

Herod was the son of Herod the Great who slew the children, who was king, but this Herod was tetrarch. He inquired about Christ, who He was. Hence it follows, And he was perplexed.

Theophylact · 11th century

Now Luke, though he keeps the same order in his narrative with Mark, does not oblige us to believe that the course of events was the same. In these words too, Mark testifies only to the fact that others (not Herod) said that John had risen from the dead, but since Luke has mentioned Herod’s perplexity, we must suppose either that after that perplexity, he confirmed in his own mind what was said by others, since he says to his servants, (as Matthew relates,) This is John the…

Augustine · 4th century
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