Traces
Herod the tetrarch and John the Baptist
How Herod the tetrarch and John the Baptist are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
John the Baptist confronted Herod the tetrarch.
John the Baptist told Herod the tetrarch it was not lawful to have his brother's wife. Herod imprisoned him, feared him as a just man, and at last beheaded him.
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
Mark 6:18, King James Version
For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy
Mark 6:20, King James Version
he sent, and beheaded John in the prison
Matthew 14:10, King James Version
Where they cross: Mark 6:17-20
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Matthew 14:10
10And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
Mark 6:17-20
17For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.
18For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
19Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
King James Version