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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
When Herod then heard of the miracles which Jesus was performing, he says, John have I beheaded, which was not an expression of boasting, but by way of allaying his fears, and bringing his distracted soul to recollect that he had killed. And because he had beheaded John, he adds, but who is this.
Theophylact of Ohrid
If John is alive and has risen from the dead, I shall know him when I see him; as it follows, And he sought to see him.
Western Saints
Bede
And Herod said: I beheaded John. But who is this about whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him. These are the words of the hesitant Herod, mentioned above. Because he desires to see one whom he discovered to be great by reputation, perhaps to recognize if he might be John himself. The sequence and cause of his beheading, since the Evangelists describe it most fully, Luke in his manner prefers to mention to indicate the state of the times, rather than to repeat what he sees is abundantly said. …
Bonaventure
Now the third end was the arousing of those conferring to wonder; with respect to which there follows: And Herod said: John I have beheaded, as a mortal and passible man. Herod had beheaded him on account of John's truthfulness and Herod's malice, according to what is said in the fourteenth chapter of Matthew: "John said to Herod: It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife"; and it follows after that for this cause he beheaded him. …
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