:TEXT: "he was much perplexed" : S B L W Theta one Lect cop : ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: DNOTES: "he was doing many things" : A C D K Pi f1 f13 28 33 565 700 892 1010 1241 Byz Lect lat vg syr : KJV ASVn NIVnCOMMENTS: While it has been suggested that the reading "perplexed" was taken from Luke 9:7 where it is said that Herod was very perplexed or puzzled regarding what he heard about Jesus, the fact that Luke 9:7 contains a different form of the same root word in a different context makes this not likely. This more meaningful reading is found in the UBS text because it is found in early manuscripts of both the Alexandrian and Caesarean types of ancient text.