Luke 3:20

he-places-toward the-same upon to{all} also; he-closes-down/against[i.e. locks up] the John in to{the custody[i.e. prison]}.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19on-the-other-hand, the Herod, the fourth-part-origin-ruler[Latin translit. "tetrarch"], being-confuted under of{same} about of{Herodias, the woman} of{Philip, the brother} of{same}, and about of{all which} the Herod does of{evil},

21Moreover, it-becomes in to{the} to-be-immersed, emphatically-all the people, also of{Jesus immersed} and of{praying}, to-be-opened-up/anew the heaven,

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Cross References

Matthew 21:35and the land-workers, take[ing] the slaves of{same}, on-one-hand flay that[one], on-the-other-hand, kill-off/away that[other][one], on-the-another-hand, stone-cast that[yet other][one].

Matthew 23:31such-as you-are-witnessing to{sameselves} that you-are-being sons of{the murder[ing]} the prophets,

John 3:24for not-yet the John has-been-being having-been-cast into the custody.

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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