Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161226:06:35:00
For all his appearance as the wild man of the desert, john knows what he is doing by speaking out against sin. fearless of the consequences, he vents his anger on the moral corruption of herod, the puppet ruler installed by palestine's roman overlords. herod of antipas. i'm here to warn you! >> in the first century, in the roman world, you weren't allowed to criticize a ruler. so someone like herod antipas had his own private army. he was watching everything very carefully. >> herod antipas was absolutely the worst kind of leader that you could hope for. he really eded to prove himself to rome...