Matthew 14:4
for Juchanon had said to him, It is not lawful that she should be to thee a wife.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
In Context
5And he would have killed him, but he feared the people, because as a prophet they held him.
Cross References
Mark 6:18For Juchanon had said to Herodes, It is not lawful to thee to take the wife of thy 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 →