Mark 6:18
For John said to Herod, It is not permitted for thee to have thy brother's wife.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
In Context
19And Herodias was resentful toward him, and wanted to kill him. And she could not,
Cross References
Leviticus 18:16Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife. It is thy brother's nakedness.
1 Kings 22:14And Micaiah said, As LORD lives, what LORD says to me, that I will speak.
Matthew 14:3For Herod having arrested John, bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
Acts 24:24And after some days, Felix having arrived with Drusilla, his wife being Jewish, he summoned Paul, and heard him about the faith in Christ.
Matthew Henry on Mark 6:15-30
The Death of John the Baptist. 14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. 16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake,… Read the whole commentary →