Mark 6:16

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But when King Herod heard [about Jesus], he said, “John, whom I [had] decapitated, has risen.”

Cross References

Matthew 14:2

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].”

Matthew 27:4

saying, “I have sinned by delivering up an innocent man to die.” But they replied, “What is that to us? It is your affair!”

Mark 6:15

But others said, “He is [the prophet] Elijah” [while] others said, “He is a prophet like one of the prophets [of old].”

Mark 6:17

For it was Herod himself who had sent for John and had him arrested and chained up in prison. He did this to please Herodias, who was [i.e., had been] his brother Philip’s wife, but whom Herod had married.

Luke 9:9

Then Herod said, “I had John decapitated, so who is this person about whom I hear such things?” And he became eager to see Jesus.