because Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom Herod had married.

So without delay the king sent a soldier and ordered him to bring John's head. The soldier went and beheaded him in prison.

Now there was a man in prison named Barabbas. He had been with the insurgents who had committed murder during the rebellion.