 At that time, Herod was very angry with the people that lived in the towns called Tyre and Sidon. That made a problem for those people. You see, Herod was the boss over Galilee country, and those people got all their food from Galilee, and they didnt want Herod to stop them from getting that food. So some of them went to Herods house to talk to him about this problem. At Herods house, Blastus was one of his important workers. So those men talked to Blastus, and they said, Please help us, we want to talk with Herod. We want to stop all this trouble. So Blastus got Herod to agree to talk to those people, then he told them the day that Herod was going to talk to them. On that day, Herod put on his special clothes, and he sat in his special seat, to show everyone that he is the big boss over that country. And then he talked to all those people. 