But that person who causes one of these little ones [i.e., humble followers of the Lord] who believes in me to be led astray [from God], he would have been better off to have had a huge millstone tied around his neck and dumped into a deep ocean [Note: This "millstone" was a heavy circular stone rolled over grain to crush it and was moved by an animal walking in a circle].

For Herod had arrested John and had him chained and put in prison in order to please Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

So, they chained Him, led Him away and turned Him over to Pilate, the [Roman] governor.