Luke 9:7-9 Part 1 of 2

When Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee, heard about everything Jesus was doing he was puzzled. Some were saying that John the Baptist had been raised from the dead. Others thought Jesus was Elijah or one of the other prophets risen from the dead. "I beheaded John," Herod said, "so who is this man about whom I hear such stories?" And he kept trying to see him.

When Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee, heard about everything Jesus was doing he was puzzled.

Luke 3:1  It was now the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius, the Roman emperor. Pontius Pilate was governor over Judea; Herod Antipas was ruler over Galilee; his brother Philip was ruler over Iturea and Traconitis; Lysanias was ruler over Abilene.

Luke 23:6-7  "Oh, is he a Galilean?" Pilate asked. When they said that he was, Pilate sent him to Herod Antipas, because Galilee was under Herod's jurisdiction, and Herod happened to be in Jerusalem at that time.

Some were saying that John the Baptist had been raised from the dead. 

Matthew 14:1-2  When Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee, heard about Jesus, he said to his advisers, "This must be John the Baptist raised from the dead! That is why he can do such miracles."

Mark 6:14  Herod Antipas, the king, soon heard about Jesus, because everyone was talking about him. Some were saying, "This must be John the Baptist raised from the dead. That is why he can do such miracles."

Others thought Jesus was Elijah or one of the other prophets risen from the dead. 

Malachi 4:5  "Look, I am sending you the prophet Elijah before the great and dreadful day of the LORD arrives."

Mark 6:15  Others said, "He's the prophet Elijah." Still others said, "He's a prophet like the other great prophets of the past."

Luke 9:18-20  One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. Only his disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do people say that I am?"  "Well," they replied, "some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other ancient prophets risen from the dead." Then he asked them, "But who do you say I am?" Peter replied, "You are the Messiah sent from God!"

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