and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him.”
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Matthew 14:2 in context
Matthew 14:1–5
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At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,
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and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him.”
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For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.
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For John said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
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When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
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