Mark 6:14
in Mark 6Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And king Herod heard thereof; for his name had become known: and he said, John the Baptizer is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him.
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.
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This verse in Mark 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis Herod was the son of the Herod who slaughtered the infants. Though he was a tetrarch, Mark calls him king, using this title in a loose sense. Having heard of the Lord's miracles and being conscious that he had killed the righteous John without …
This site's exposition
John the Baptist was risen from the dead
on Mark 6:14-16
Mark now opens the flashback that fills the middle of the chapter, wrapped around the mission of the twelve exactly as the Jairus story wrapped around the woman with the issue of blood earlier in the Gospel, each interpreting the other, a king's guilty conscience set against the disciples' bold, unburdened preaching. Herod's own theory that John is risen betrays a conscience that cannot let the murder rest, and the popular guesses, Elias or a prophet, show a people already primed to recognize resurrection and prophetic return as live categories. Herod's flat conclusion, it is John, whom I beheaded, closes the paragraph before the narrative doubles back to tell how.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
And king Herod heard? - Την ακοην αοτου, his fame, is added by KM, fifteen others, and in the margin of several. It seems necessary to complete the sense.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
And King Herod--that is, Herod Antipas, one of the three sons of Herod the Great, and own brother of Archelaus (Mt 2:22), who ruled as ethnarch over Galilee and Perea. heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad); and he said--"unto his servants" (Mt 14:2), his councillors or court ministers.
The words behind it
28 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἤκουσεν | ekousen | heard | G191 → | 425 times |
| ὁ | ho | <the> | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| βασιλεὺς | basileus | King | G935 → | 114 times |
| Ἡρῴδης· | herodes | Herod; | G2264 → | 43 times |
| φανερὸν | phaneron | well known | G5318 → | 18 times |
| γὰρ | gar | for | G1063 → | 1039 times |
| ἐγένετο | egeneto | became | G1096 → | 667 times |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ὄνομα | onoma | name | G3686 → | 227 times |
| αὐτοῦ. | autou | of Him. | G846 → | 5565 times |
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| ἔλεγον | elegon | they were saying | G3004 → | 1325 times |
| ὅτι | hoti | that | G3754 → | 1292 times |
| Ἰωάννης | ioannes | John | G2491 → | 134 times |
| ὁ | ho | the [one] | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| βαπτίζων | baptizon | baptizing | G907 → | 76 times |
| ἐγήγερται | egegertai | he has been raised | G1453 → | 142 times |
| ἐκ | ek | out from | G1537 → | 911 times |
| νεκρῶν, | nekron | [the] dead | G3498 → | 128 times |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| διὰ | dia | because of | G1223 → | 664 times |
| τοῦτο | touto | this | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| ἐνεργοῦσιν | energousin | operate | G1754 → | |
| αἱ | hai | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| δυνάμεις | dunameis | miraculous powers | G1411 → | 119 times |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → | 2738 times |
| αὐτῷ. | auto | him. | G846 → | 5565 times |
ΚαὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἤκουσενheard
ekousenG191 →425 times
ὁ<the>
hoG3588 →19766 times
βασιλεὺςKing
basileusG935 →114 times
Ἡρῴδης·Herod;
herodesG2264 →43 times
φανερὸνwell known
phaneronG5318 →18 times
γὰρfor
garG1063 →1039 times
ἐγένετοbecame
egenetoG1096 →667 times
τὸthe
toG3588 →19766 times
ὄνομαname
onomaG3686 →227 times
αὐτοῦ.of Him.
autouG846 →5565 times
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
ἔλεγονthey were saying
elegonG3004 →1325 times
ὅτιthat
hotiG3754 →1292 times
ἸωάννηςJohn
ioannesG2491 →134 times
ὁthe [one]
hoG3588 →19766 times
βαπτίζωνbaptizing
baptizonG907 →76 times
ἐγήγερταιhe has been raised
egegertaiG1453 →142 times
ἐκout from
ekG1537 →911 times
νεκρῶν,[the] dead
nekronG3498 →128 times
καὶand
kaiG2532 →9120 times
διὰbecause of
diaG1223 →664 times
τοῦτοthis
toutoG3778 →1381 times
ἐνεργοῦσινoperate
energousinG1754 →
αἱthe
haiG3588 →19766 times
δυνάμειςmiraculous powers
dunameisG1411 →119 times
ἐνin
enG1722 →2738 times
αὐτῷ.him.
autoG846 →5565 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Luke 3:1In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
it leads to
- Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Luke 23:6–11
When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
- Luke 2:1
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
- Acts 4:27
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
- Luke 9:7
When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,
- Genesis 49:10
Through
Matthew 9:31But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout the land.
it leads to
- Mark 7:36
Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
- Matthew 9:26
And the news about this spread throughout that region.
- Mark 7:36
Through
Luke 13:31At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
it leads to
- Nehemiah 6:9–11
For they were all trying to frighten us, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.
- Nehemiah 6:9–11
Where this verse is studied
About Mark

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Alexander Maclaren, Expositions of Holy Scripture, Mark; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Mark.
