Luke 9:7

Modern

When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,

Traditional

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;

Literal

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things happening, and he was perplexed because it was said by some that John was risen out from the dead,

Latin

Audivit autem Herodes tetrarcha omnia quæ fiebant ab eo, et hæsitabat eo quod diceretur

Greek

English

When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,

Theme notes and profiles

Matthew 14:1–12
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus
Mark 6:14–28
Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
Luke 3:1
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
Psalm 73:19
How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
Luke 9:19
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that a prophet of old has arisen.”
Job 18:11–12
Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
Micah 7:4
The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
Isaiah 22:5
For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.
Luke 21:25
There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.

Herod: Tetrarch of Galilee during Jesus' ministry John: The Baptist, a prophet who prepared the way for Jesus