even now I desired to be present with you and to change my voice, for I am in doubt as to you.
For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a holy and just man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he did many things, and gladly heard from him.
in every way being pressed, but not being constricted; being perplexed, but not utterly despairing;
For what thanks are we able to return to God about you, over all the joy with which we rejoice because of you before our God,