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Luke 3:19

Herod AntipasHerodiasPhilip

17 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

18 With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.

But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,

20 Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,
KJV
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
WEB
but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
ASV
but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother`s wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
DARBY
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,
BLB
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of his brother and concerning all the evils that Herod did,
ÅB
Men fjerdingsfyrsten Herodes, som ble refset av ham for sin brorkone Herodias' skyld, og for alt det onde Herodes hadde gjort,
OTB
Men da Johannes irettesatte landsfyrsten Herodes på grunn av Herodias, hans brors hustru, og for alle de andre onde tingene han hadde gjort,
B1930
Men fjerdingsfyrsten Herodes, som blev refset av ham for sin brorkone Herodias' skyld, og for alt det onde Herodes hadde gjort,

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  • Matthew 14:3–4

    Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

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  • Luke 3:1

    In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

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  • Mark 6:17–18

    For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

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  • Proverbs 15:12

    A mocker does not love to be reproved, nor will he consult the wise.

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  • Matthew 11:2

    Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples

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  • Proverbs 9:7–8

    He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.

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