Luke 9:7

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things being done by him, and was perplexed, because it was said by certain, that John hath been raised out of the dead;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Ἤκουσεν δὲ Ἡρώδης ὁ τετράρχης τὰ γινόμενα ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ πάντα: καὶ διηπόρει, διὰ τὸ λέγεσθαι ὑπό τινων, ὅτι Ἰωάννης ἐγήγερται ἐκ νεκρῶν·

Transliteration

Now Ēkousen Hērōdēs the tetrarchēs all the things ginomena by him: and he was diēporei, because of the legesthai by some, that Iōannēs had egēgertai from the dead;

Grammar Details

• *Ēkousen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - heard
• *Hērōdēs*: nominative masculine singular - Herod (proper name)
• *tetrarchēs*: nominative masculine singular - tetrarch (ruler of fourth part)
• *ginomena*: present middle participle, accusative neuter plural - happening/occurring
• *diēporei*: imperfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - was perplexed/was confused
• *legesthai*: present passive infinitive - to be said
• *Iōannēs*: nominative masculine singular - John (proper name)
• *egēgertai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular - has been raised/has risen

Word Meanings

• *Ēkousen*: heard/listened to/learned of
• *tetrarchēs*: tetrarch/ruler of a fourth part of a region
• *ginomena*: happening/occurring/taking place
• *diēporei*: was perplexed/was confused/was at a loss/was greatly puzzled
• *legesthai*: to be said/to be told/to be spoken
• *egēgertai*: has been raised/has risen/has been awakened

Referenced Verses

• Matt 14:1-9 : 1 At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus, 2 and said to his servants, `This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.' 3 For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife, 4 for John was saying to him, `It is not lawful to thee to have her,' 5 and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him. 6 But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod, 7 whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask. 8 And she having been instigated by her mother -- `Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist; 9 and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded `it' to be given; 10 and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison, 11 and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought `it' nigh to her mother. 12 And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus,
• Mark 6:14-28 : 14 And the king Herod heard, (for his name became public,) and he said -- `John the Baptist out of the dead was raised, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.' 15 Others said -- `It is Elijah,' and others said -- `It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.' 16 And Herod having heard, said -- `He whom I did behead -- John -- this is he; he was raised out of the dead.' 17 For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her, 18 for John said to Herod -- `It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;' 19 and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able, 20 for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly. 21 And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee, 22 and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, `Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,' 23 and he sware to her -- `Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee -- unto the half of my kingdom.' 24 And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, `What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, `The head of John the Baptist;' 25 and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, `I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.' 26 And the king -- made very sorrowful -- because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away, 27 and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought, 28 and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;
• Luke 3:1 : 1 And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar -- Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene --
• Luke 9:19 : 19 And they answering said, `John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;'
• Luke 21:25 : 25 `And there shall be signs in sun, and moon, and stars, and on the land `is' distress of nations with perplexity, sea and billow roaring;
• Job 18:11-12 : 11 Round about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him -- at his feet. 12 Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side.
• Ps 73:19 : 19 How have they become a desolation as in a moment, They have been ended -- consumed from terrors.
• Isa 22:5 : 5 For a day of noise, and of treading down, And of perplexity, `is' to the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In the valley of vision, digging down a wall, And crying unto the mountain.
• Mic 7:4 : 4 Their best one `is' as a brier, The upright one -- than a thorn-hedge, The day of thy watchmen -- Thy visitation -- hath come. Now is their perplexity.