How did John the Baptist die?
he didn't die but ascensioned
he was beheaded by order of Herod Antipas
he died from natural causes
John the Baptist was sentenced to death and subsequently beheaded by Herod Antipas sometime between 28 and 36 AD after John rebuked him for divorcing his wife, Phasaelis, and unlawfully taking Herodias, the wife of his brother Herod Philip I.