For when (A)Herod had John arrested, he bound him and put him (B)in prison because of (C)Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip. For John had been saying to him, “(D)It is not lawful for you to have her.” Although Herod wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded [a]John as (E)a prophet.

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  1. Matthew 14:5 Lit him

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison(A) because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,(B) for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.”(C) Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet.(D)

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