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6:14 And king Herod "heard" because his "name" became "well known."
and they were saying that John ...
  the one baptizing ...
  has been raised out of the dead ones ...
and for this reason ... "powers" are at work in him.
6:15 Others yet were saying that ... He is Elias.
others yet were saying that ... A prophet, like one of the prophets!
6:16 And having heard ...
  Herod was saying ... John, whom I beheaded, this one was raised.

The Flashback Story of how John Died

6:17 For Herod sends off, holds John ...
  and he binds him in a "watch guard" ...
through Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother ...
  because he married her.
6:18 For John was saying to Herod ... It is not permissible for you to have the wife of your brother.
6:19 And Herodias bore a grudge against him ...
  and she desired to kill him ...
  and she could not.
6:20 For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a "just and holy" man ...
  and he guarded him ...
  and hearing of him ...
  he was much in doubt ...
  and he gladly heard of him .
6:21 And coming about a good-timed day ...
  when on Herod's birthday ...
he makes a "dinner" for his "great ones," and "cohort commanders," and to the "foremost" of Galilee.
6:22 And coming in, his daughter of Herodias ...
and dancing, she pleases Herod and "the ones lying back together."
The king said to the maiden ... Request of me whatever you may be willing and I shall be giving it to you.
6:23 And he "greatly swears" to her ... Whatever you ask me I will be giving to you ...
  up to "half of my kingdom."
6:24 And having gone out she said to her mother ... What should I ask for?
and she said ... The "head of John the baptist."
6:25 And coming into "immediately" with haste before the king ...
she requests saying ... I am willing that forthwith you may be giving me, upon a platter, the head of John the Baptist.
6:26 And the king, becoming enclosed in grief ...
  through the oaths ...
  and the ones lying up ...
  he wills not to set her aside.
6:27 And immediately, the king sending away a bodyguard, ...
  enjoins upon him to carry the head.
6:28 And coming from, he beheads him in the "watching guard."
  And he carries his head on a "platter" ...
  and he gives it to the maiden ...
and the maiden gives it to her mother.
6:29 And hearing, his disciples came ...
  and they raise his corpse ...
  and they place it in a "memorial vault."

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