Under pressure from Herodias, King Herod takes the head of John the Baptist (Matthew 14:1 – 14:12)
During the time Jesus was teaching in Capernaum, Herod the tetrarch received reports about Jesus activities. Herod told his attendants, “This is John the Baptist, he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.” Herod had arrested John the Baptist and bound him in prison because of what John