Mark 6:15-17

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¹⁵ Other people said, “It’s Elijah!”

Others said, “He’s a prophet, like one of the old prophets.”

¹⁶ “No,” said Herod when he heard this. “It’s John. I cut off his head, and he’s been raised.”

Herod and John the Baptist

¹⁷ What had happened was this. Herod had married Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.