"And king Herod heard {of him}; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the d…" — Mark 6:14

Mark 6:14 · KJV

“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.”

— Mark 6:14

Verse 13

And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed {them}.

Verse 15

Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.

Mark 6 — Context

And they went out, and preached that men should repent.

And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed {them}.

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.

Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.

But when Herod heard {thereof}, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

Cross References

Luke 9:7-9

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;

Mark 6:14-29

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.

2 Chronicles 26:15

And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. {spread: Heb. went forth}

Matthew 9:31

But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.

Mark 1:45

But he went out, and began to publish {it} much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.

Luke 13:31

The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.

Luke 3:1

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, {tetrarch: or, governor of four provinces}

Mark 1:28

And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.