Mark 6:17

For Herod had sent and seized John and bound him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philips wife, whom he had taken.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.

In Context

16But when Herod heard of him, he said: He is that John whose head I struck off: he is risen from the dead.

18For John had said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to take thy brother's wife.

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Cross References

Matthew 11:2Now when John, in the house of prisoners, heard of the works of Messiah, he sent by the hand of his disciples,

Luke 3:1And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, in the presidency of Pontius Pilate in Judaea, while Herod was Tetrarch in Galilee, and Philip his brother Tetrarch in Ituraea and in the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilene,

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:15-30

The Death of John the Baptist. 14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. 16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake,… Read the whole commentary →

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