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The Death of John the Baptist(A)

14 At that time Herod the tetrarch,[a] hearing about the fame of Jesus, told his servants, “This is John the Baptist! He has been raised from the dead, and that’s why these miracles are being done by him.” Herod had arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s[b] wife.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 14:1 I.e. Herod Antipas, a son of King Herod and ruler over one of four districts in and around the territory of Israel.
  2. Matthew 14:3 Other mss. read his brother’s