I find it interesting to read Josephus' account of the execution of John the Baptist and comparing it to the biblical account found in Mark 6 and Matthew 14. Our biblical texts insist that, although Herod was not fond of JTB, he was afraid to have him killed, and even when he did kill him, he felt "very sorry". Josephus writes that Herod had him killed in an effort to prevent an uprising (Josephus writes this without even refering to the banquet scene). If Josephus' work has been "Christianized" through the scribes, I wonder why this account was not brought closer to the biblical account?
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