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Mark 6:16

But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

KJV

ἀκούσας δὲ ὁ Ἡρώδης ἔλεγεν, ὃν ἐγὼ ἀπεκεφάλισα Ἰωάννην, οὗτος ἠγέρθη.

Greek NT

Quo audito Herodes ait : Quem ego decollavi Joannem, hic a mortuis resurrexit.

Vulgate

But Herod, when he heard thereof, said, John, whom I beheaded, he is risen.

ASV

Which Herod hearing, said: John whom I beheaded, he is risen again from the dead.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

People JohnHerod the GreatHerod Antipas

In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀποκεφαλίζω
apokephalizo
verb · 4×
ἐγείρω
egeiro
verb · 143×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
Ἡρώδης
erodes
noun · 43×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: ὁ | WH/Treg/NIV: ὁ
  • SBLGNT
  • Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: ἔλεγεν | WH/Treg/NIV: ἔλεγεν | RP: εἶπεν ὅτι
  • ἔλεγενSBLGNT
  • ἔλεγενWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • εἶπεν ὅτιRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἠγέρθη | WH/NA: ἠγέρθη | Treg: ἠγέρθη ἐκ νεκρῶν | NIV: ἐκ νεκρῶν ἠγέρθη | RP: ἐστιν αὐτὸς ἠγέρθη ἐκ νεκρῶν
  • ἠγέρθηSBLGNT
  • ἠγέρθηWestcott-Hort, Nestle-Aland 27
  • ἠγέρθη ἐκ νεκρῶνTregelles
  • ἐκ νεκρῶν ἠγέρθηReader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἐστιν αὐτὸς ἠγέρθη ἐκ νεκρῶνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. The Work is Taken Up After a Violent Interruption, Which Has Driven the Writer from Alexandria. He Addresses Himself to It Again, with Thanks for His Deliverance, and Prayer for Guidance. When a house is being built which is to be made as strong as possible, the building takes place in fine weather and in calm, so that nothing may hinder the structure from acquiring the need…

Cross-references

  • Matt 3:1 — In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
  • Rev 20:4 — And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worship