Luke 3:20
Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
In Context
Cross References
2 Kings 21:16More than this, Manasseh took the lives of upright men, till Jerusalem from one end to the other was full of blood; in addition to his sin in making Judah do evil in the eyes of the Lord.
2 Chronicles 24:17Now after the death of Jehoiada, the chiefs of Judah came and went down on their faces before the king. Then the king gave ear to them.
Nehemiah 9:26But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.
Matthew 21:35And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.
Matthew 23:31So that you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who put the prophets to death.
John 3:24For at this time John had not been put into prison.
Matthew Henry on Luke 3:16-21
Imprisonment of John the Baptist. 15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; 16 John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire… Read the whole commentary →