15. Others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past.”
16. But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised!”
17. For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because Herod had married her.
18. For John had repeatedly told Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
19. So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not
20. because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John.