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The Death of John the Baptist. (A)Now Herod had arrested John, bound [him], and put him in prison on account of Herodias,[a] the wife of his brother Philip, (B)for John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

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  1. 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.

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)

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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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17 For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison.(A) He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married. 18 For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”(B)

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