Mark 6:14-18, John the Baptist: A Backward Jesus?

Now King Herod heard [of 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.”Others said, “It is Elijah.” And others said, “It is the Prophet, orlike one of the prophets.”But when Herod heard, he said, “This is John, whom I beheaded; he has been raised from the dead!”For Herod himself had sent and laid hold of John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife; for he h...