3 In those days John+ the Baptist came preaching+ in the wilderness of Ju·deʹa,

5 Then the people of Jerusalem and all Ju·deʹa and all the country around the Jordan were going out to him,+

3 Herod* had arrested John and had bound him and imprisoned him because of He·roʹdi·as, the wife of Philip his brother.+

5 However, although he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they took him for a prophet.+

20 For Herod was in fear of John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man,+ and he was keeping him safe. After hearing him, he was at a great loss as to what to do, yet he continued to hear him gladly.