Matthew 14:3-4
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The Death of John the Baptist. 3 (A)Now Herod had arrested John, bound [him], and put him in prison on account of Herodias,[a] the wife of his brother Philip, 4 (B)for John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
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- 14:3 Herodias was not the wife of Herod’s half-brother Philip but of another half-brother, Herod Boethus. The union was prohibited by Lv 18:16; 20:21. According to Josephus (Antiquities 18:116–19), Herod imprisoned and then executed John because he feared that the Baptist’s influence over the people might enable him to lead a rebellion.
Mark 6:17-18
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17 Herod was the one who had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married.(A) 18 John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”(B)
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