6:16
Herod did believe that Jesus was John the Baptist raised from the dead. Herod had had John beheaded, and this irrational thinking was the product of the guilt that he felt. We will now get the account of how Herod had had John the Baptist beheaded.
6:17,18
Herod had married his brother Philip’s wife, and this was against the Law, and John the Baptist had said so. John truly spoke truth to power, proclaiming the truth of God, and putting himself at risk because of it. Herod does not seem to have been overly concerned about this, but Herodias, his wife, did not take kindly to it. So Herod had John out in prison. Herod turns out to be a rather weak man, somewhat like Pilate.
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