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946 B
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17 lines
946 B
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# Connecting Statement:
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When Herod hears about Jesus' miracles, he worries, thinking that someone has raised John the Baptist from the dead. (Herod had caused John the Baptist to be killed.)
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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
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Some people were saying that Jesus was John the Baptist. This can be stated more clearly. AT: "Some were saying, 'He is John the Baptist who has been" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# John the Baptist has been raised
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"Raised" here is an idiom for "caused to live again." This can be stated in active form. AT: "John the Baptist has been caused to live again" or "God has caused John the Baptist to live again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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