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General Information:
Matthew recounts the story of John the Baptist's death in order to show why Herod reacted the way he did when he heard about Jesus.
Connecting Statement:
Here the author begins to tell about how Herod had executed John the Baptist. These events occur some time before the event in the previous verses. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-events)
Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison
It says that Herod did these things although he actually ordered others to do them for him. Alternate translation: "Herod ordered his soldiers to arrest and bind John the Baptist and put him in prison" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
Philip's wife
Philip was Herod's brother. Herod had taken Philip's wife to be his own wife. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)