Mark 6:18

for John said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have the wife of your brother”;

Literal Standard 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

17For Herod himself, having sent forth, laid hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he married her,

19and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:16You do not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it [is] your brother’s nakedness.

1 Kings 22:14And Micaiah says, “YHWH lives; surely that which YHWH says to me—it I speak.”

Matthew 14:3For Herod having laid hold on John, bound him, and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

Acts 24:24And after certain days, Felix having come with his wife Drusilla, being a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning faith toward 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 →

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