Bible Explorer · Event · c. AD 29
Imprisoned in the clifftop desert fortress of Machaerus for reproving Herod Antipas over his unlawful marriage to Herodias, John the Baptist was executed when Herod made a rash oath following the dance of Herodias’s daughter at his birthday gala, ordering John beheaded and his head presented on a platter.
Date: c. AD 29 · Note: Directly preceded Jesus withdrawing to a solitary place across the Sea of Galilee, leading to the feeding of the five thousand.
Matthew 14:1-12, Mark 6:14-29