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Mark 6:14
Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — King Herod receives reports about Jesus' growing reputation immediately after the disciples complete their mission and before competing public theories about Jesus' identity circulate.
The words — ἤκουσεν (ēkousen) literally means "heard," describing Herod's reception of circulating reports, while φανερὸν (phaneron) literally means "well known," indicating the public exposure of Jesus' name.
The thread — Luke 9:7 records a parallel account of Herod hearing these same reports and becoming perplexed, while Mark 6:15 immediately follows with the public's competing claims that Jesus is Elijah or a prophet.
Why it lands — It records how political authority processes spreading rumors, noting that Herod attributes Jesus' miraculous works to a resurrected John rather than recognizing divine authority.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
Cross-references
- Mark 6:14 Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
- Luke 9:7 When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,
- 2 Chronicles 26:15 And in Jerusalem he made skillfully designed devices to shoot arrows and catapult large stones from the towers and corners. So his fame spread far and wide, for he was helped tremendously until he became powerful.
- Matthew 9:31 But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout the land.
- Matthew 14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus
- Mark 1:28 And the news about Jesus spread quickly through the whole region of Galilee.
- Mark 1:45 But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
- Mark 8:28 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”
- Luke 3:1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
- Luke 13:31 At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”