1. At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus.
2. “This is John the Baptist! ” he told his servants. “He has been raised from the dead, and that’s why supernatural powers are at work in him.”
3. For Herod had arrested John, chained him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
4. since John had been telling him, “It’s not lawful for you to have her! ”
5. Though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, since they regarded him as a prophet.
6. But when Herod’s birthday celebration came, Herodias’s daughter danced before them and pleased Herod.
7. So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.