King Herod heard of it, for Jesus\u2019 name had become known. Some were saying, \u2018John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; and for this reason these powers are at work in him.\u2019 But others said, \u2018It is Elijah.\u2019 And others said, \u2018It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.\u2019 But when Herod heard of it, he said, \u2018John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.\u2019<\/p>\n
For Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip\u2019s wife, because Herod had married her. For John had been telling Herod, \u2018It is not lawful for you to have your brother\u2019s wife.\u2019 And Herodias had a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him. But she could not, for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed; and yet he liked to listen to him. But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his courtiers and officers and for the leaders of Galilee. When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests; and the king said to the girl, \u2018Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it.\u2019 And he solemnly swore to her, \u2018Whatever you ask me, I will give you, even half of my kingdom.\u2019 She went out and said to her mother, \u2018What should I ask for?\u2019 She replied, \u2018The head of John the baptizer.\u2019 Immediately she rushed back to the king and requested, \u2018I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.\u2019 The king was deeply grieved; yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her. Immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard with orders to bring John\u2019s head. He went and beheaded him in the prison, brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. Then the girl gave it to her mother. When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his body, and laid it in a tomb. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
King Herod heard of it, for Jesus\u2019 name had become known. Some were saying, \u2018John the baptizer has been raised from the dead; and for this reason these powers are at work in him.\u2019 But others said, \u2018It is Elijah.\u2019 And others said, \u2018It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.\u2019 But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-death-of-john-the-baptist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2332,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions\/2332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/cloud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}