But when Herod heard of it, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
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Theophylact of Ochrid
AD 1107
For John confuted many men, when he said, “Ye generation of vipers. "It goes on: “But others said, that it is aprophet, or as one of the prophets.”
Or else, Herod, knowing that he without a cause had slain John, who was a just man, thought that he had risen from the dead, and had received through his resurrection the power of working miracles.