John 3:24

For John had not yet fallen into prison.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For John was not yet cast into prison.

In Context

23And John also was baptizing in 'non, which is near to Salim, because there were many waters there: and the people came, and were baptized.

25And one of John's disciples and a certain Jew had disputed respecting purification.

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Cross References

Matthew 14:3Now this Herod had seized John, and bound him and cast him into prison; on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip.

Luke 3:19But Herod the Tetrarch, because he was reproved by John, on account of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip, and on account of all the evil things he had done,

Matthew Henry on John 3:23-36

John's Testimony to Christ. 22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. 24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. 26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest… Read the whole commentary →

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