14. And Herod the king heard of him (for his name had become public), and said, John the baptist is risen from among the dead, and on this account works of power are wrought by him.
15. And others said, It is Elias; and others said, It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.
16. But Herod when he heard it said, John whom I beheaded, he it is; he is risen from among the dead.
17. For the same Herod had sent and seized John, and had bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.
18. For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.
19. But Herodias kept it in her mind against him, and wished to kill him, and could not: