Luke 9:7 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)7 Now when King Herod, the tetrarch [i.e., governor of that district] heard about all that was happening [concerning Jesus], he was perplexed because some people were saying that John [the Immerser] had risen from the dead; See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17697 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; See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was being done by [Jesus], and he was [thoroughly] perplexed and troubled, because it was said by some that John [the Baptist] had been raised from the dead, See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done: and he was much perplexed, because that it was said by some, that John was risen from the dead; See the chapterCommon English Bible7 Herod the ruler heard about everything that was happening. He was confused because some people were saying that John had been raised from the dead, See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all the things that were being done by him, but he doubted, because it was said See the chapter |
Now it was the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was ruler of Galilee, his brother Philip was ruler of the regions of Ituraea and Trachonitus [Note: These two men were sons of Herod the Great (See Matt. 2:1) and ruled over provinces east of the Jordan River] and Lysanias was ruler of Abilene [Note: This was a province just north of the two previously mentioned ones].
“Then [Note: This event answers to the “immediately” of Matt. 24:29, and suggests the next major event on God’s calendar] there will be [supernatural] signs [evident] in the sun and moon and stars. And on earth [there will be] distress among nations; they will be perplexed by the roaring of the ocean’s churning waves. [Note: Probably this is figurative language for highly agitated conditions on earth].