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In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads: And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. Although the Greek text refers to "οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ", ("his disciples"), the New International Version adds John's name, translating the passage as:
Matthew 14:13 and 14:15 refer to a 'deserted' or 'secluded' (Amplified Bible) place, clarified as 'a place where no one lived' in the Easy-to-Read Version. In Luke's gospel , he goes at this point in the narrative to 'a town called Bethsaida ', i.e. an inhabited place, but nevertheless one where 'he and his apostles could be alone together.
14:12 →. Book: Gospel of Matthew: Christian Bible part: New Testament: Matthew 14:9-11 are verses in the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New ...
Augustine: "Or; That the disciples here say, It is a phantasm, figures those who yielding to the Devil shall doubt of the coming of Christ.That Peter cries to the Lord for help that he should not be drowned, signifies that He shall purge His Church with certain trials even after the last persecution; as Paul also notes, saying, He shall be saved, yet so as by fire (1 Corinthians 3:15)."
In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads: And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. The New International Version translates the passage as:
Gospel of Matthew: Christian Bible part: ... Matthew 14:29 is a verse in the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New ... Commentary from the Church Fathers
Chrysostom: "Christ then did not reveal Himself to His disciples until they cried out; for the more intense their fear, the more did they rejoice in His presence; whence it follows, And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, Be of good cheer, it is I, be not afraid.
It is unclear what is behind Herod's belief that John the Baptist may have come back to life. It could be that he was aware of the examples from the Old Testament (3 Kings 17, 4 Kings 13 and 4 Kings 4), or perhaps he believed the common Greek understanding propagated by Pythagoras that the souls of the just were permitted to enter other bodies.