2. and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead! And because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him.”
3. For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
4. because John had repeatedly told him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
5. Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.
6. But on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,