14 And Sovereign Herodes heard, for His Name had become well-known. And he said, “Yoḥanan the Immerser has been raised from the dead, and because of this these powers are at work in him.”
15 Others said, “He is Ěliyahu.” And others said, “He is a prophet – like one of the prophets.”
16 But when Herodes heard, he said, “This one is Yoḥanan whom I beheaded, he has been raised from the dead!”
17 For Herodes himself had sent and seized Yoḥanan, and bound him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because he had married her,
18 for Yoḥanan had said to Herodes, “It is not right for you to have your brother’s wife.”
19 So Herodias held a grudge against him and wished to kill him, but was unable,
20 for Herodes feared Yoḥanan, knowing that he was a righteous and set-apart man, and he protected him. And when he heard him, he was much perplexed, yet heard him gladly.