Herod acquiesced to this demand and, therefore, did away with John the Baptist. Scripture chronicles that the prophet was murdered on the dance floor after Salome's performance, and that King ...

John the Baptist was killed because he was critical of the contemporary Herodian ruler, Herod Antipas. All of the sources agree on that, both Josephus and the testimony of the gospels. Exactly ...

In today's Gospel, the angel Gabriel brought good news to Zechariah: his wife, Elizabeth, would have a son. Not just any son, ...

This was Herod Antipas, the Tetrarch of Galilee ... And she, consulting with her mother, straightway asked for the head of John the Baptist in a charger. Hence this transgressor of the Law, preferring ...

John the Baptist was killed because he was critical of the contemporary Herodian ruler, Herod Antipas. All of the sources agree on that, both Josephus and the testimony of the gospels. Exactly ...

The second episode of legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese's Fox Nation series "The Saints" focuses on John the Baptist, a ...

where Judea is under Roman rule and Herod Antipas holds power, setting the stage for John's extraordinary life and ultimate sacrifice. "John the Baptist was born to be a holy messenger," Scorsese ...

Salome, indifferent to Herod's advances, longs for the love of the imprisoned John the Baptist. When he rejects her, she uses her powers of seduction and manipulation--and the Dance of the Seven ...