Matthew 14:4
for John was saying to him, “It is not lawful to you to have her,”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
In Context
5and willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:21And a man who takes his brother’s wife—it [is] impurity; he has uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they are childless.
2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan says to David, “You [are] the man! Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: I anointed you for king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul;
2 Chronicles 26:18and they stand up against Uzziah the king, and say to him, “[It is] not for you, O Uzziah, to make incense to YHWH, but for priests, sons of Aaron, who are sanctified to make incense; go forth from the sanctuary, for you have trespassed, indeed, for you [will] not [have] honor from YHWH God.”
Isaiah 8:20To the Law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, “That there is no dawn to it.”
Mark 6:18for John said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have the wife of your brother”;
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 →