14. And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist--risen
from the dead. So that Herod Antipas was not singular in his surmise
(Mt 14:1, 2).
some, Elias--(Compare
Mr 6:15).
and others, Jeremias--Was this theory suggested by a supposed
resemblance between the "Man of Sorrows" and "the weeping prophet?"
or one of the prophets--or, as Luke
(Lu 9:8)
expresses it, "that one of the old prophets is risen again." In another
report of the popular opinions which Mark
(Mr 6:15)
gives us, it is thus expressed, "That it is a prophet [or], as one of
the prophets": in other words, That He was a prophetical person,
resembling those of old.
JFB.
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