MATTHEW 14 : 1-12 & MARK 6 : 14-29 record how Herod Antipas, Roman tetrarch of Galilee from 4 B.C. To 39 A.D. and son of Herod the Great, imprisoned and later beheaded John the Baptist. Chaucer’s Pardoner attributes Herod’s actions to his drunkenness, though no such detail is offered by either Matthew or Mark. Both Matthew (14 : 9) and Mark (6 : 26)