“The second end or special utility is the arousing of hearers to conferring; as regards which it is said: Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him, so that the fame of Christ's name was carried by the Apostles not only to the common people but even to kings, as is said of Paul in Acts 9: "He is a chosen…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Commentary on Luke, Chapter 9
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8And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.
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6And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.
7Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;
— Luke 9:8 —
9And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.
10And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.