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;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ 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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ 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,

American 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;

Common English Bible

⁷ 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,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all the things that were being done by him, but he doubted, because it was said

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Now Herod, the tetrarch, heard of all things that were done by him; and he was in a doubt, because it was said

Luke 9:7 Cross References

Matthew 11:2

Now while still in prison, John [the Immerser] heard about the things Christ was doing, [so] he sent [word] through his disciples

Mark 8:28

And they answered Him, “[Some say] you are John the Immerser; others say [the prophet] Elijah, but others say [you are] one of the prophets.”

Luke 13:31

At that very time certain Pharisees came to Jesus saying, “Get out of here and go someplace else, for King Herod wants to kill you.”

Luke 21:25

“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].

Luke 23:7

And when he realized that Jesus was under Herod’s [political] jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

Luke 3:1

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].

Luke 9:19

And they answered, “[Some say you are] John the Immerser, while others say [the prophet] Elijah, and [still others say] that one of the [other] prophets of old has risen again [from the dead].”