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For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,[a] because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” Though Herod[b] wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded him as a prophet.

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  1. Matthew 14:3 Other ancient authorities read his brother’s wife
  2. Matthew 14:5 Gk he

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