Mark 6:17-20

The Message (MSG)

 

 

^17-20 Herod was the one who had ordered the arrest of John, put him in chains, and sent him to prison at the nagging of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife whom he had married. For John had provoked Herod by naming his relationship with Herodias “adultery.” Herodias, smoldering with hate, wanted to kill him, but didn’t dare because Herod was in awe of John. Convinced that he was a holy man, he gave him special treatment. Whenever he listened to him he was miserable with guilt—and yet he couldn’t stay away. Something in John kept pulling him back.



Herod arrested John the Baptist under pressure from his wife and advisors. Though Herod respected John's integrity, in the end Herod had John killed because of pressure from his peers and family.
What you do under pressure often shows what you are really like.



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Joe