“Then who are you?” they asked him. “Are you Elijah?” “No, I’m not,” he replied. “Are you the Prophet we’ve been expecting?” they asked. “No,” he answered.
Then they turned again to the blind man. “What do you have to say about him?” they asked. “It was your eyes he opened.” The man answered, “He’s a prophet.”
King Herod heard about this because Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “He’s John the Baptist, raised from the dead! That’s why he has the power to do miracles.”