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Sections for Luke 9
Lu 9:1-6 Mission of the Twelve Apostles.
Lu 9:7-9 Herod Troubled at What He Hears of Christ Desires to See Him.
Lu 9:10-17 On the Return of the Twelve Jesus Retires with Them to
Lu 9:18-27 Peter's Confession of Christ--Our Lord's First Explicit
Lu 9:28-36 Jesus Transfigured.
Lu 9:37-45 Demoniac and Lunatic Boy Healed--Christ's Second Explicit
Lu 9:46-48 Strife among the Twelve Who Should Be Greatest--John
Lu 9:51-56 The Period of His Assumption Approaching Christ Takes His
Lu 9:57-62 Incidents Illustrative of Discipleship.
Lu 9:7-9 Herod Troubled at What He Hears of Christ Desires to See Him.

Herod is perplexed and embarrassed by what he hears about Jesus' desire to see him.

He believes that John has risen from the dead, a notion among many circulating at the time, which Herod himself likely adopted due to the reason mentioned elsewhere.