Fer afore thïs, Herod haed gien oardèrs tae hae Jhone brocht ïn, tyed up, an püt ïn jail. He daen thïs acause o Herodias that he haed merriet, tha mair she wus hïs brither Phïlip's wife.
But the' kep on at Pilate, sayin, “Thïs man ïs stïrrin up naethin but bother, wi tha thïngs he's bin lairnin tha fowk tha lenth an breadth o tha lan, frae Galilee richt doon tae here.”