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
But having heard that John was delivered up, he departed into Galilee:
Mark 6:17
For the same Herod had sent and seized John, and had bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.
Luke 3:19
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him as to Herodias, the wife of his brother, and as to all the wicked things which Herod had done,
John 3:23
And John also was baptising in Aenon, near Salim, because there was a great deal of water there; and they came to him and were baptised:

General references

Leviticus 18:16
The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness.
Luke 3:19
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him as to Herodias, the wife of his brother, and as to all the wicked things which Herod had done,
John 3:24
for John was not yet cast into prison.