Hipho mwandzo Herode kala akalagiza Johana agbwirwe na afungbwe jela, kpwa sababu Johana kala achimuambira Herode kala chishariya ni makosa sana kumlóla Herodiya ambaye kala ni mkpwaza nduguye Filipu.
Phahi, Pilato ariphomanya kala Jesu ala Galilaya, ambako ni kpwa Mfalume Herode, walagiza aphirikpwe kpwa Herode, ambaye wakati hinyo piya kala a Jerusalemu.
Mwaka wa kumi na tsano wa utawala wa Kaisari Tiberiyo, mfalume mkpwulu wa tsi zosi zotawalwa ni Arumi, Pontio Pilato kala anatawala jimbo ra Judea. Herode kala anatawala jimbo ra Galilaya, na nduguye Filipu kala anatawala majimbo ga Iturea na Tirakoniti, naye Lusania kala anatawala Abilene.
Herode, mtawala wa jimbo ra Galilaya, ariphosikira habari za higo mambo gahendwago ni Jesu, wahenda wasiwasi sana, mana anjina kala anaamba, “Johana Mʼbatizadzi akafufuka!”