15. Others, however, said, “He is Elijah.”Others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago.”
16. When Herod heard it, he said, “He is John the Baptist! I had his head cut off, but he has come back to life!”
17. Herod himself had ordered John's arrest, and he had him chained and put in prison. Herod did this because of Herodias, whom he had married, even though she was the wife of his brother Philip.
18. John the Baptist kept telling Herod, “It isn't right for you to be married to your brother's wife!”
19. So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she could not because of Herod.