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