Although it memorializes John, this Gospel follows Herod, client king of Galilee. Mark portrays Herod not as a distinguished ruler, but rather as a capricious, complicated tangle of emotions.

The executioner would have been hurrying, since the king, Herod Antipas, was waiting for the bloody deed to be done. ... John the Baptist and Jesus had a deep connection forged before their births.

So, in revenge for John the Baptist’s condemnation of her mother’s marriage to Herod, Salome asked for John’s head on a platter. King Herod reluctantly gave in and obliged. John the Baptist ...

King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread, and people were saying, "John the Baptist has been raised from the dead; That is why mighty powers are at work in him." ...

It is well established that John was highly thought of by his contemporaries. The Jewish writer Flavius Josephus says of John, “John, that was called the Baptist: for Herod slew him, who was a ...

It’s fitting for Salome to feel so Freudian.The opera is based on the biblical story of King Herod’s stepdaughter, who demanded the head of John the Baptist — or Jochanaan as he’s called ...

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

The birth of John the Baptist was a miracle. Here’s why. With the help of an angel, ... It was “in the days of King Herod of Judea,” says the Gospel of Luke, ...

John, whose own birth was shrouded in mystery, proclaimed the arrival of Christ whom he baptized in the River Jordan before himself meeting a violent death at the hands of King Herod.

"The Bible just says that Salome, daughter of Herodias, danced, and Herod was very pleased, offering half his kingdom. But Salome asked for the head of John the Baptist," says Jenkins.