²³ So this rumour^[a] spread to the brothers and sisters^(A) that this disciple would not die.^(B) Yet Jesus did not tell him that he would not die, but, ‘If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? ’

Herod’s Death

²⁰ Herod had been very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. Together they presented themselves before him. After winning over Blastus, who was in charge of the king’s bedroom, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king’s country.^(A)