What book in the bible is it found who plotted the execution of John the Baptist?

Answer 1

Herod Antipas was responsible for sending John to be beheaded because of a promise Herod made to the daughter of Herodious to give her anything she wanted.Her request was for John's head,which she (Herodious) had been wanting for a while , because of John's reproving comments about her adulterous relationship with Herod.This is mentioned in both Matthew and Mark's gospels.

Answer

The gospel story is not the only story of John the Baptist's death. The first-century historian, Josphus, must have been well-disposed towards Christianity, judging by his Testimonium Flavianum - even if he knew almost nothing about the new religion. But he apparently knew quite a lot about John the Baptist. Josephus tells us that Herod Antipas alone decided that John the Baptist should be executed. He had John imprisoned and executed in far away Macherus because he disapproved of Antipas' marriage to his own brother's wife, who divorced her husband in order to marry Herod Antipas. The wedding took place in 34 CE and the execution of John would have been in 35 or 36 CE, and there was no request for John's head on a platter during a party in Galilee. In Book 18 of Antiquities of the Jews:

"Now many people came in crowds to him, for they were greatly moved by his words. Herod, who feared that the great influence John had over the masses might put them into his power and enable him to raise a rebellion (for they seemed ready to do anything he should advise), thought it best to put him to death. In this way, he might prevent any mischief John might cause, and not bring himself into difficulties by sparing a man who might make him repent of it when it would be too late. Accordingly John was sent as a prisoner, out of Herod's suspicious temper, to Macherus, the castle I already mentioned, and was put to death."

Answer 2

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The gospel accounts tell us that John the Baptist was beheaded in Galilee, on the orders of Herod Antipas who was tricked into this by his new wife Herodias and her daughter, although Antipas was actually reluctant to order his death.

The first-century Jewish historian Josephus says that he was really executed in faraway Macherus on the direct orders of Herod Antipas, because he feared that John could lead an insurrection.

Answer 3

The Jewish historian, Josephus says that Herod Antipas ordered John imprisoned and executed because he publicly criticised Antipas' marriage to his own brother's former wife. The wedding took place in the year 34, and the execution probably took place in 35 CE.

Answer 4

The gospels say that John the Baptist was beheaded at the request of Herodias, wife of Herod Antipas, during a party in Galilee, probably around 29 CE.

The first-century Jewish historian, Josephus, says that John was executed in far-away Macherus in about 36 CE, on Herod's own volition because John publicly critised Herod for marrying his own brother's wife.

Answer 5

King Herod had John the Baptist executed at the request of his daughter in-law (Matthew 14:1-12).

Herodias and and her daughter were probably sick and tired of hearing John the Baptist condemn the sinful and adulterous relationship between Herod and his brother's wife.