#sdtps And with a single twitching of his #eyebrow to a guard, John was shot through the #heart with a javelin. And #Salome fainted to the floor.
And #Herodias greatly pleased with the sudden demise of John, felt it #wiser not to openly show it, for #Herod looked a frightful fierce. And John’s body was brought to his #disciples, and with many #tears shed we buried it in a #secret place overlooking his beloved #Jordan. #histodons #TIBTM71

#sdtps And when he listened to him, he had much #difficulty, yet heard him gladly. And a #suitable day came, when #Herod in his #birthday #celebration made a #banquet. And when, #Salome the ravishing #daughter of #Herodias herself came in, and danced ever so seductively to the great #delight of #Herod and those reclining with him, he said to the girl,
“Ask me anything; anything, anything you want, and I will give it to you.” #histodons #TIBTM68

#sdtps For #Herod himself, sending orders, had seized John and bound him in #prison, because of #Herodias his brother Philip’s #wife, whom he had married. For John had been saying to Herod,
“It is not permissible for you to have your brother’s wife.” And #Herodias had been culturing a fierce grudge against him, and was wanting to have him liquidated, and could not, for #Herod half feared and half respected John, knowing him to be a righteous and #holy man, and as such he protected him. #TIBTM67