For Herod, after[a] arresting John, bound him and put him[b] in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because John had been saying to him, “It is not permitted for you to have her.” And although he[c] wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they looked upon him as a prophet.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 14:3 Here “after” is supplied as a component of the participle (“arresting”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 14:3 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Matthew 14:5 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“wanted”) which is understood as concessive

起先,希律为他兄弟腓力的妻子希罗底的缘故,把约翰拿住锁在监里, 因为约翰曾对他说:“你娶这妇人是不合理的。” 希律就想要杀他,只是怕百姓,因为他们以约翰为先知。

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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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