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Matthew 14:1-5
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus, and he said to his attendants, 'This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.' Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for John had been saying to him: 'It is not lawful for you to have her.' Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet. (NIVUK)

Herod was afraid.  Although he was the king in charge of the southern part of Israel, including Jerusalem, he was afraid of godly people and afraid of the truth.  His fear of the people was due to their enthusiastic support for John the Baptist, who Herod had imprisoned and then killed.  Herod's wife demanded that John was beheaded because he had criticised her incestuous marriage.  Herod feared his wife and so murdered John (Matthew 14:6-12); but then he also feared the people, who might revolt and then Rome would take away his power and probably his head too (John 11:48).
 

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