Matthew 14:2. This is John the Baptist. Comp. Luke 9:7-9. This does not imply a belief in the transmigration of souls, nor prove that Herod was a Sadducee (although some infer this from Mark 8:15); it is the perplexed and terrified utterance of a guilty conscience.

Therefore, etc. John had wrought no miracle (chap. Matthew 10:41), but Herod supposed that the rising from the dead had resulted in higher powers.

Powers, or ‘mighty works' as in chap. Matthew 13:54; Matthew 13:58. Herod's desire to see our Lord was at best a patronizing condescension to the gospel.

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