Matthew 14:4

For John had said to him: It is no lawful for her to be thy wife.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

In Context

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

5And he had wished to kill him; but he was afraid of the people, seeing that they regarded him as a prophet.

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Cross References

Mark 6:18For John had said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to take thy brother's wife.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:2-13

The Death of John the Baptist. 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a… Read the whole commentary →

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