Herod the tetrarch sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him
in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he
had married her. For John said unto Herod, "It is not lawful for thee
to have thy brother's wife."
And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him: and she
could not; for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and
holy man, and kept him safe.
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude,
because they counted him as a prophet.