What Was Herod Thinking?

Glad to take your question, Paul! The passage at issue is Mark 6.14-16, concerning reports of Jesus’ ministry of miracle-working:

King Herod heard of it; for Jesus’ name had become known. Some said, ‘John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; that is why these powers are at work in him.’ But others said, ‘It is Elijah.’ And others said, ‘It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.’ But when Herod heard of it he said, ‘John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.’

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