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15 But others were saying, “He is [a]Elijah!” And others were saying, “It is a prophet, like one of the prophets [of old].” 16 But when Herod heard [of it], he kept saying, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen [from the dead]!”

17 For Herod himself had sent [guards] and had John arrested and shackled in prison because of [b]Herodias, the wife of his [half-] brother Philip, because he (Herod) had married her.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 6:15 Many of the Jews believed that the prophet Elijah would return before the Messiah appeared.
  2. Mark 6:17 See note Matt 14:3.

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