16But when Herod heard this, he said, "John, the man I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!"


In Context

13 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.

14 King Herod heard about this, for Jesus' name had become well known. Some were saying, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him."

15 Others said, "He is Elijah." And still others claimed, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago."

16 But when Herod heard this, he said, "John, the man I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!"

17 For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

18 For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

Mark 6:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:16But when Herod heard [thereof,] he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:16Which Herod hearing, said: John whom I beheaded, he is risen again from the dead.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:16But Herod, when he heard thereof , said, John, whom I beheaded, he is risen.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:16But Herod when he heard it said, John whom I beheaded, he it is; he is risen from among the dead.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:16But Herod, when he heard thereof, said, John, whom I beheaded, he is risen.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:16But when Herod heard of him, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he hath risen from the dead.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:16But Herod, when he heard this, said, |This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:16And Herod having heard, said — 'He whom I did behead — John — this is he; he was raised out of the dead.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:16But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.