Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
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Bible References
Herod
Matthew 4:12
Now when Jesus heard that John [the Baptist] had been arrested and put in prison, He left for Galilee.
Mark 6:17
For Herod himself had sent [guards] and had John arrested and shackled in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his [half-] brother Philip, because he (Herod) had married her.
Luke 3:19
But when Herod [Antipas] the tetrarch was repeatedly reprimanded [and convicted by John’s disapproval] for having Herodias, his brother’s wife [as his own], and for all the wicked things that Herod had done,
John 3:23
Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and were being baptized—
General references
Leviticus 18:16
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.
Luke 3:19
But when Herod [Antipas] the tetrarch was repeatedly reprimanded [and convicted by John’s disapproval] for having Herodias, his brother’s wife [as his own], and for all the wicked things that Herod had done,
John 3:24
for John had not yet been thrown into prison.