Luke 9:7

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Luke 9:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible

5 If anyone does not welcome you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that town, as a testimony against them.”

6 So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.

7 When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,

8 others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that a prophet of old had arisen.

9 “I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this man I hear such things about?” And he kept trying to see Jesus.

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Job 18:11

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

Job 18:12

His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

Psalms 73:19

How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!

Matthew 14:1

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus

Matthew 14:2

and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Matthew 14:3

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

Matthew 14:4

because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

Matthew 14:5

Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.

Matthew 14:6

On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod

Matthew 14:7

so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.

Matthew 14:8

Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

Matthew 14:9

The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted

Matthew 14:10

and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.

Matthew 14:11

John’s head was brought in on a platter and presented to the girl, who carried it to her mother.

Matthew 14:12

Then John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. And they went and informed Jesus.

Mark 6:14

Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Mark 6:15

Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

Mark 6:16

But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”

Mark 6:17

For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

Mark 6:18

For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”

Mark 6:19

So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

Mark 6:20

because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.

Mark 6:21

On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

Mark 6:22

When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”

Mark 6:23

And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”

Mark 6:24

Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

Mark 6:25

At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

Mark 6:26

The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

Mark 6:27

So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.

Mark 6:28

The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.

Luke 21:25

There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.

Isaiah 22:5

For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision— of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

Micah 7:4

The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.