The Gospel of Mark provides a biblical narrative of John the Baptist's final moments. It hints that Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch of Galilee, was led towards a fatal decision against John the ...

John the Baptist was killed because he was critical of the contemporary Herodian ruler, Herod Antipas. All of the sources agree on that, both Josephus and the testimony of the gospels. Exactly ...

When Herodias divorces her husband and marries his brother Herod Antipas, governor of Judea, the prophet John the Baptist protests and is imprisoned. Salome, daughter of Herodias and both niece ...