John 3:24

for John had not yet been thrown into prison.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

For John was not yet cast into prison.

In Context

23And John also was immersing in Ænon, near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were immersed;

25There arose, therefore, a dispute between some of John’s disciples and a Jew, about purification.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:3For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip.

Luke 3:19But Herod the tetrarch having been reproved by him on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, and for all the wicked deeds which Herod did,

Matthew Henry on John 3:23-36

John's Testimony to Christ. 22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. 24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. 26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest… Read the whole commentary →

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