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Mark 6:17

Herod AntipasJohnPhilip

15 Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”

16 But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”

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.

18 For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”

19 So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.
ASV
For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip`s wife; for he had married her.
DARBY
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.
BLB
For Herod himself, having sent, seized John and bound him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her.
ÅB
For Herodes hadde selv sendt folk avsted og grepet Johannes og lagt ham i bånd og kastet ham i fengsel for Herodias' skyld, som var hans bror Filips hustru; for han hadde giftet seg med henne.
OTB
Herodes hadde selv beordret Johannes' arrest og hadde ham bundet og fengslet på grunn av Herodias, hans bror Filips kone, som han hadde giftet seg med.
B1930
For Herodes hadde selv sendt folk avsted og grepet Johannes og lagt ham i bånd og kastet ham i fengsel for Herodias' skyld, som var hans bror Filips hustru; for han hadde giftet sig med henne.

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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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  • Luke 3:19–20

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

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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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  • Matthew 4:12

    When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.

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  • Matthew 14:3–12

    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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