And when this thing was heard, Herod said, This is John, whom I have beheaded, he is risen again from death.
there they trembled for dread, where no dread was. For God hath scattered the bones of them, that please men; they be shamed, for God hath forsaken them.
and said to his children, This is John Baptist, he is risen from death, and therefore virtues work in him.
and said, I have sinned, betraying rightful [or just] blood. And they said, What to us? busy thee [or see thou].
Others said, That it is Elijah; but others said, That it is a prophet, as one of the prophets.
For that Herod sent, and held John, and bound him into prison, for Herodias, the wife of Philip, his brother; for he had wedded her.
And Herod said, I have beheaded John; and who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.