At the end of the story about John the Baptist preaching repentance, we hear that Herod had been rebuked by John for the shenanigans with Herodias and "for all the evils which Herod had done." So Herod threw John into prison, adding this evil above all to the other evils he had done.
When you think of all the scandalous things that went on in the palace, all the abuses of authority, those little words "above all" make quite a statement. Lock up the preacher and refuse to hear him? Luke seems to think that's worse than the adultery and all the other sins Herod committed? It's almost like an object lesson in the preeminence of the First Table of the Law.
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