006:014 King Herod heard of all this (for the name of Jesus had become widely known), and he kept saying, "John the Baptizer has come back to life, and that is why these miraculous Powers are working in him."
006:015 Others asserted that He was Elijah. Others again said,
"He is a Prophet, like one of the great Prophets."
006:016 But when Herod heard of Him, he said, "The John, whom I beheaded,
has come back to life."
006:017 For Herod himself had sent and had had John arrested and had kept him in prison in chains, for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; because he had married her.
006:018 For John had repeatedly told Herod, "You have no right to be
living with your brother's wife."
006:019 Therefore Herodias hated him and wished to take his life,
but could not;
006:020 for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing him to be an upright
and holy man, and he protected him. After listening to him he was
in great perplexity, and yet he found a pleasure in listening.
006:021 At length Herodias found her opportunity. Herod on his birthday
gave a banquet to the nobles of his court and to the tribunes
and the principal people in Galilee,
006:022 at which Herodias's own daughter came in and danced,
and so charmed Herod and his guests that he said to her,
"Ask me for anything you please, and I will give it to you."
006:023 He even swore to her, "Whatever you ask me for I will give you,
up to half my kingdom."