Luke 3:20

added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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,

21And it occurred, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also was baptized. And as he prayed, the heavens were opened;

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Cross References

Matthew 21:35And the cultivators laid hold of his servants, and beat one, and stoned another and one they slew.

Matthew 23:31Wherefore ye are witnesses, against yourselves, that ye are the children of them that killed the prophets.

John 3:24For John had not yet fallen 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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