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and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him.”
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Verse 2. Risen from the dead. S. Jerom thinks these words are spoken by Herod ironically; but they are generally supposed to be his real sentiments, the dictates of a guilty conscience. For he respected John, as appears from verse 9, and was afraid he was returned to avenge his unjust murder. Jans.—Mighty works shew forth themselves in him, [1] or work in him. Witham.
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