Matthew 14:3

For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.

In Context

2and said to his servants, This is John the baptist: *he* is risen from the dead, and because of this these works of power display their force in him.

4For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:2But John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, sent by his disciples,

Mark 6:19But Herodias kept it [in her mind] against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:

Luke 3:19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him as to Herodias, the wife of his brother, and as to all the wicked things which Herod had done,

John 3:23And John also was baptising in Aenon, near Salim, because there was a great deal of water there; and they came to [him] and were baptised:

Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:2-13

The Death of John the Baptist. 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a… Read the whole commentary →

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