8. and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
9. Herod said, “Yochanan I beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” He sought to see him.
10. The emissaries, when they had returned, told him what things they had done.He took them and withdrew apart to a desert region of a city called Bethsaida.
11. But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them of God’s Kingdom, and he cured those who needed healing.