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Mark 6:16

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

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “was saying” (ἔλεγεν) before Whom here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “said that” (εἶπεν ὅτι·) before Whom here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “[it] is he himself” (ἐστιν αὐτὸς) before is risen here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “from dead” (ἐκ νεκρῶν.) after is risen here.

ἀκούσαςakousasheardἀκούω (akouō)verb, aorist active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “heard”, a single actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.heardδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ἩρῴδηςhērōdēsHerodἩρῴδηςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Herod”, the subject formG2264Herod; four persons are called by this name: Herod the Great, Herod Antipas, Herod Agrippa, and Herod Agrippa the younger.ἔλεγενelegenthereof, he saidλέγω (legō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “thereof, he said”, an ongoing action in the pastG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.thereof, he saidὋνhonwhichὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “which”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “which”.ἐγὼegōIἐγώpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Iἀπεκεφάλισαapekephalisabeheadedἀποκεφαλίζω (apokephalizō)verb, aorist active indicative, 1st person singular — “beheaded”, a single actionG607I behead.beheadedἸωάννηνiōannēnJohnἸωάννης (iōannēs)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “John”, the object formG2491John: the Baptist, the apostle, a member of the Sanhedrin, or John Mark.οὗτοςhoutosthisοὗτοςdemonstrative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “this”, the subject formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.ἠγέρθηēgerthēis risenἐγείρω (egeirō)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “is risen”, a single actionG1453(a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up.is risen

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εἶπενeipenthereof, he saidἔπω (epō)verb, imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular — “thereof, he said”, an ongoing action in the pastG2036to sayὅτιhotiwhomὅτιconjunction — “whom”G3754that, since, because; may introduce direct discourse.ἐστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.αὐτὸςautosheαὐτόςpersonal pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he”, the subject formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ἐκekfromἐκpreposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.νεκρῶνnekrōndeadνεκρός (nekros)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “dead”, the of-formG3498(a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse.This verse uses “dead”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

But Herod, when he heard this, said, “This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead.”

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

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