Matthew 14:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ ·Sometime before this, [^LFor] Herod had arrested John, ·tied him up [chained/bound him], and put him into prison. Herod did this because of Herodias, who had been the wife of Philip, Herod’s brother. ⁴ [^LFor] John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to ·be married to Herodias [have her].” ⁵ Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the ·people [crowd], because they ·believed John was [regarded John as] a prophet.