Luke 3:19
Then Herode the tetrarch, when he was rebuked of hym for Herodias, his brother Philippes wyfe, and for all the euyls which Herode dyd,
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
18And many other thinges, in his exhortation, preached he vnto the people.
20Added this aboue all, & shut vp Iohn in pryson.
Cross References
Proverbs 9:7Whoso reproueth a scornefull person, getteth him selfe dishonour: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth hym selfe.
Matthew 11:2When Iohn being in prison heard the workes of Christe, he sent two of his disciples, and sayde vnto him:
Mark 6:17For Herode himselfe had sent foorth, and layde handes vpon Iohn, & bounde hym in pryson, for Herodias sake, his brother Philippes wyfe, because he had maryed her.
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 →