But when Herod heard of it, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Vict. Aut. e Cat. in Marc.: This Herod is the son of the first Herod, under whom Joseph had led Jesus into Egypt. But Matthew calls him Tetrarch, and Luke mentions him as ruling over one fourth of his father’s kingdom; for the Romans after the death of his father divided his kingdom into four parts. But Mark calls him a king, either after the title of his father, or because it was consonant to his own wish.
Vict. Ant. e Cat. in Marc.: Is seems to me that this prophet means that one of whom Moses said, “God will raise up a prophet unto thee of thy brethren.” They were right indeed, but because they feared to say openly, This is the Christ, they used the voice of Moses, veiling their own surmise through fear of their rules. There follows: “But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.”Herod expressly says this in irony.
