Luke 9:7-9
Herod wants to meet Jesus
7 People told Herod, the ruler of Galilee, about all the things that were happening. His mind was confused because people were saying lots of different things about Jesus. Some people were saying, ‘John the Baptist died but now he has become alive again.’
9:7This was Herod Antipas. See Luke 3:1. 8 Other people were saying, ‘It is Elijah that has come back.’
Some other people were saying, ‘This is one of God's prophets who lived a long time ago. Now he has become alive again.’
9:8Elijah was a prophet who lived about 850 years before Jesus was born. See 2 Kings 1-2. 9 Herod said, ‘I sent a soldier to cut off John's head. So who is this man? I hear many things about him.’ After that, Herod was trying to meet Jesus.
