7 Now Herod* the district ruler* heard about everything that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying that John had been raised up from the dead,+ 8 but others were saying that E·liʹjah had appeared, and still others that one of the ancient prophets had risen.+ 9 Herod said: “John I beheaded.+ Who, then, is this about whom I am hearing such things?” So he was trying to see him.+