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Matthew 14:2

And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

KJV

καὶ εἶπεν τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ· οὗτός ἐστιν Ἰωάννης ὁ βαπτιστής· αὐτὸς ἠγέρθη ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο αἱ δυνάμεις ἐνεργοῦσιν ἐν αὐτῷ.

Greek NT

et ait pueris suis : Hic est Joannes Baptista : ipse surrexit a mortuis, et ideo virtutes operantur in eo.

Vulgate

and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore do these powers work in him.

ASV

And he said to his servants: This is John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Βαπτιστής
baptistes
noun · 12×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
δύναμις
dunamis
noun · 119×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
νεκρός
nekros
adjective · 128×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
παῖς
pais
noun · 24×
ἀπό
apo
preposition · 640×
ἐγείρω
egeiro
verb · 143×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐνεργέω
energeo
verb · 21×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

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

2. What then says the mouth of the apostles, Peter, the ever fervent, the leader of the apostolic choir? When all are asked, he answers. And whereas when He asked the opinion of the people, all replied to the question; when He asked their own, Peter springs forward, and anticipates them, and says, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Matthew 16:16 What then says Chris…
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…
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven. And the Sadducees and Pharisees came, and tempting Him kept asking Him to show them a sign from heaven. Matthew 16:1 The Sadducees and Pharisees who disagreed with each other in regard to the most essential truths, — for the Pharisees champion the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, hoping that there will …

Cross-references

  • Luke 9:19 — They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
  • Mark 8:28 — And they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
  • Matt 3:1 — In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
  • Matt 16:14 — And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
  • Matt 16:14 — And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.