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# Connecting Statement:
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Before this time, Herod commanded that John the Baptist be killed. When Herod hears about Jesus's miracles, he worries, thinking that someone has raised John the Baptist from the dead.
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# King Herod heard this
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The word "this" refers to everything that Jesus and his disciples had been doing in various towns, including casting out demons and healing people.
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# Some were saying, "John the Baptist has been raised
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Some people thought that Jesus was John the Baptist. This can be stated more clearly. Alternate translation: "Some people were saying, 'He is John the Baptist, who has been raised" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# John the Baptist has been raised from the dead
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"Raised from the dead" is an idiom that means "caused to live again." This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "God has raised John the Baptist from the dead" or "John the Baptist has become alive again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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