Herod Hears of Jesus

128	HEROD HEARS of JESUS
Matt 14		Mark 6		Luke 9
1	At that time			7	Now
	Herod the tetrarch heard	14	King Herod heard		Herod the tetrarch heard
	about the fame		of it;		of all that was done,
	of Jesus;		for <his> name
			had become known.
					and he was perplexed,
2	and he said		Some said,		because it was said by some
	to his servants,
	"This is John the Baptist,		"John the baptizer		that John
	he has been raised		has been raised		had been raised
	from the dead;		from the dead;		from the dead,
	that is why		that is why
	these powers are at work		these powers are at work
	in him."		in him."
		15	But others said,	8	by some
			"It is Elijah."		that Elijah had appeared,
			And others said,		and by others
			"It is a prophet,
			like one of the prophets of old."		that one of the old prophets
					had risen.
	[see Matt 14:1 above]	16	But when Herod heard of it	9	Herod
			he said,		said,
	[see Matt 14:2 above]		"John, whom I beheaded,		"John I beheaded;
			has been raised."
					but who is this
					about whom
					I hear such things?"
					And he sought to see him.

Color Code
Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel element in this gospel.
<his>	RSV wording revised to reflect Greek.
128	Sequence in synoptic outlines

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