Mat 14:2, Luk 7:26-28 | ESV | STEP | and he said to his servants , This is John the Baptist . He has been raised from the dead ; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him .

c Mark 1:2; Cited from Mal. 3:1; [ch. 1:17, 76]

Matthew 14:2

2 and he said to his servants, ^a“This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Luke 7:26-28

26 What then did you go out to see? ^bA prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 27 This is he of whom it is written,

^c“‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way before you.’
28 I tell you, among those born of women none is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”