King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, "John the Baptist has been raised ...

But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men ...

It hints that Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch of Galilee, was led towards a fatal decision against John the Baptist by his wife, Herodias's daughter. Herodias had been the wife of Antipas's brother ...