| Matthew 14:2
| And he said to his servants: This is John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him.
| Risen from the dead. St. Jerome thinks these words are spoken by Herod ironically; but they are generally supposed to be his real sentiments, the dictates of a guilty conscience. For he respected John, as appears from ver. 9, and was afraid he was returned to avenge his unjust murder. (Jansenius) --- Mighty works shew forth themselves in him,{ Ver. 2. Operantur in eo, energousin en anto; which shews that operantur is taken actively, not passively, as in some places.|} or work in him. (Witham)
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