20Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
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Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. …
Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: …
For John was not yet cast into prison.
Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. …
Commentary
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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