Mark 6:17

For Herod himself had sent and had Yochanan arrested and bound in the beis hasohar, on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother, Philippos, for he had married her.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.

In Context

16But when Herod heard of it, he kept saying, Yochanan whom I beheaded has stood up alive from the mesim!

18But Yochanan was saying to Herod, It is not mutar according to the Torah for you to have your brotherʼs wife. + 6:18 Lv 18:16; 20:21

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Cross References

Matthew 11:2Now when Yochanan, in the beit hasohor (prison), heard of the maasei haMoshiach (works of Moshiach), he sent his talmidim to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.

Luke 3:1In the shenat chamesh esreh (15 th year) of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governing Yehudah, when Herod + 3:1 Antipas was tetrarch of the Galil, and when Philippos the brother of Herod Antipas was tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis, and at the same time Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,

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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