Bible Verses

So he ordered John to be beheaded in prison

The king was very displeased, but because he had given his promise under oath in front of his guests, he ordered it to be given to her.

The girl, following her mother’s advice, said: “Give me the head of John the Baptist, here, on a dish.”

that he promised under oath to give her whatever she requested.

On Herod’s birthday, Herodias’s daughter danced among the guests; she so pleased Herod

Herod wanted to kill him, but he did not dare because he feared the people, who considered John a prophet.

For John had told Herod, “It is not right for you to have her as your wife.”

Herod actually ordered that John be arrested, chained, and imprisoned because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip.

And he said to his servants: “This man is John the Baptist. John has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Death of John the Baptist At that time, reports about Jesus reached King Herod.