Matthew 14:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

Matthew 14:3 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Mark 6:17
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.
Luke 3:19-20
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, …
Matthew 4:12
Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
Matthew 11:2
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
Mark 6:19
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-12)

We have here the story of John’s martyrdom. Observe, I. The occasion of relating this story here, Matt. 14:1, 2. Here is, 1. The account brought to Herod of the miracles which Christ wrought. Herod the tetrarch or chief governor of Galilee heard of the fame of Jesus. At that time, when his countrymen slighted him, upon the account of his meanness and obscurity, he began to be famous at court. Note…