Matthew 14:3
“¶ For Herode had layd hold on Iohn, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife.”
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Matthew 14:3 Context
1At that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Iesus, 2And said vnto his seruants, This is Iohn the Baptist, hee is risen from the dead, and therfore mighty workes doe shew foorth themselues in him. 3¶ For Herode had layd hold on Iohn, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife. 4For Iohn said vnto him, It is not lawfull for thee to haue her. 5And when he would haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.
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For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put [him] in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
- King James Version
For when Herod had John arrested, he bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip.
- New American Standard Version (1995)