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This is what had happened. Herod had seized John, tied him up and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip. John had been telling him that it wasn’t right for him to have her. Herod wanted to kill him, but he was afraid of the crowd, because they reckoned that John was a prophet.

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Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison(A) because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,(B) for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.”(C) Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet.(D)

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