And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
Ver. 14. For his name was spread] By miracles, as by wings the gospel quickly spread far and near. Eusebius saith that the gospel spread at first through the world like a sunbeam. a When Luther first stirred, it was carried through the Christian world as on angels' wings. This was that miracle, which we, in these last times, are to look for.
a αθροως οια τις ηλιου βολη .