Matthew 14:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

² He told his servants, “This must be John, the Immerser; he has risen from the dead and [that explains how] these powers can work through him [i.e., Jesus].”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And he said to his attendants, This is John the Baptist; He has been raised from the dead, and that is why the powers of performing miracles are at work in Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

² and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore do these powers work in him.

Common English Bible

² He said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He’s been raised from the dead. This is why these miraculous powers are at work through him.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And he said to his servants: "This is John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and that is why miracles are at work in him."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And he said to his servants: This is John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him.

Matthew 14:2 Cross References

Matthew 11:11

It is true when I tell you, among [all] those born of women, no one greater than John the Immerser has come along. Yet the least significant person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Matthew 16:14

They replied, “Some say you are John the Immerser; some [the prophet] Elijah; and others [the prophet] Jeremiah, or one of the [other] prophets [come back to life].”

Matthew 3:1

(Thirty years later) In those days, John the Immerser went into the desert of Judea preaching [to Jews], saying,

Mark 6:14

Now King Herod heard about this [i.e., what Jesus was doing] because His name had become well known. He said, “John the Immerser has risen from the dead and it is his powers that are at work in Jesus.”

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 9:7

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;

John 10:41

Many people came to Him and were saying, “It is true that John did not perform any [miraculous] signs, but everything he said about this man was true.”