19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
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Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, 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,
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. …
A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
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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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-20)We are now drawing near to the appearance of our Lord Jesus publicly; the Sun will not be long after the morning-star. We are here told, I. How the people took occasion, from the ministry and baptism of John, to think of the Messiah, and to think of him as at the door, as now come. Thus the way of the Lord was prepared , and people were prepared to bid Christ welcome; for, when men’s expectations…
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