SueAnn Porter

Ok, so I actually have noticed this before, but today I stopped to think about what it actually means on a deeper level.

Mark 6: 14-16

¹⁴ Now King Herod heard of Him (Jesus), for His name had become well known. And he said, “John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”

¹⁵ Others said, “It is Elijah.”

And others said, “It is the Prophet, or like one of the prophets.”

¹⁶ But when Herod heard, he said, “This is John, whom I beheaded; he has been raised from the dead!”

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I find it interesting that Herod actually believed that someone could be raised from the dead. He was not an atheist; he just chose not to do what was right. He seemed to believe that Jesus was working miracles: “therefore these powers are at work in him.”

Herod didn’t say: “I don’t believe these stories–no one can work miracles.”

We can also gather from the text that Herod must have had a conscience of some kind, “This is John, whom I beheaded!” He must have felt guilty.

Herod, like many others at that time, believed that Jesus was working miracles. We see this later with the Religious leaders, and that is a post for another day.