Luke 3:20

added this also to all the rest, and shut up John in prison.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19Now Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him, on account of Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the other wicked actions which he had done,

21Now it came to pass, at the time when John was baptising all the people, that Jesus also was baptised, and as he prayed, the heaven was opened,

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Cross References

Matthew 21:35And the husbandmen took his servants, one they beat, and another they killed, and a third they stoned.

Matthew 23:31Wherefore ye bear a testimony to yourselves, that ye are the children of those who killed the prophets.

John 3:24For as yet John was not cast 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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