Luke 3:19

17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.

But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

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,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 14:3–4

    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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  • Luke 3:1

    Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,

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  • Mark 6:17–18

    For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.

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  • Proverbs 15:12

    A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

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  • Matthew 11:2

    Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

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  • Proverbs 9:7–8

    He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

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