Luke 3:20

Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

In Context

19But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,

21When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,

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Cross References

2 Kings 21:16Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 24:17After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.

Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

Matthew 21:35But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

John 3:24(For John had not yet been thrown 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 →

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