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Selected Verse: Matthew 14:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Mt 14:3 |
Strong Concordance |
For [1063] Herod [2264] had laid hold [2902] on John [2491], and bound [1210] him [846], and [2532] put [5087] him in [1722] prison [5438] for [1223] Herodias' [2266] sake [1223], his [846] brother [80] Philip's [5376] wife [1135]. |
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King James |
For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For Herod had laid hold on John ... - See Mar 6:17-20; Luk 3:19-20. This Herodias was a granddaughter of Herod the Great. She was first married to Herod Philip, by whom she had a daughter, Salome, probably the one that danced and pleased Herod. Josephus says that this marriage of Herod Antipas with Herodias took place while he was on a journey to Rome. He stopped at his brother's; fell in love with his wife; agreed to put away his own wife, the daughter of Aretas, King of Petraea; and Herodias agreed to leave her own husband and live with him. They were living, therefore, in adultery; and John, in faithfulness, though at the risk of his life, had reproved them for their crimes. Herod was guilty of two crimes in this act:
1. Of "adultery," since she was the wife of another man.
2. Of "incest," since she was a near relation, and such marriages were expressly forbidden, Lev 18:16. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Put him in prison
(ἐν φυλακῇ απέθετο). Lit., "put him away or aside" (ἀπὸ). This prison was the fortress of Machaerus on the east side of the Dead Sea, almost on a line with Bethlehem, above the gorge which divided the Mountains of Abarim from the range of Pisgah. Perched on an isolated cliff at the end of a narrow ridge, encompassed with deep ravines, was the citadel. At the other end of this ridge Herod built a great wall, with towers two hundred feet high at the corners; and within this inclosure, a magnificent palace, with colonnades, baths, cisterns, arsenals - every provision, in short, for luxury and for defence against siege. The windows commanded a wide and grand prospect, including the Dead Sea, the course of the Jordan, and Jerusalem. In the detached citadel, probably in one of the underground dungeons, remains of which may still be seen, was the prison of John. "We return through what we regard as the ruins of the magnificent castle-palace of Herod, to the highest and strongest part of the defences - the eastern keep or the citadel, on the steep slope, one hundred and fifty yards up. The foundations of the walls all around, to the height of a yard or two above the ground, are still standing. As we clamber over them to examine the interior, we notice how small this keep is: exactly one hundred yards in diameter. There are scarcely any remains of it left. A well of great depth, and a deep, cemented cistern, with the vaulting of the roof still complete, and - of most terrible interest to us - two dungeons, one of them deep down, its sides scarcely broken in, ' with small holes still visible in the masonry where staples of wood and iron had once been fixed!' As we look down into its hot darkness, we shudder in realizing that this terrible keep had, for nigh ten months, been the prison of that son of the free wilderness, the bold herald of the coming kingdom, the humble, earnest, self-denying John the Baptist" (Edersheim, "Life and Times of Jesus"). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| His brother Philip's wife - Who was still alive. Mar 6:17. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For Herodias' sake - This infamous woman was the daughter of Aristobulus and Bernice, and grand-daughter of Herod the Great. Her first marriage was with Herod Philip, her uncle, by whom she had Salome: some time after, she left her husband, and lived publicly with Herod Antipas, her brother-in-law, who had been before married to the daughter of Aretas, king of Arabia Petraea. As soon as Aretas understood that Herod had determined to put away his daughter, he prepared to make war on him: the two armies met, and that of Herod was cut to pieces by the Arabians; and this, Josephus says, was supposed to be a judgment of God on him for the murder of John the Baptist. See the account in Josephus, Antiq. lib. xviii. c. 7. |
16 Thou shalt not uncover [01540] the nakedness [06172] of thy brother's [0251] wife [0802]: it is thy brother's [0251] nakedness [06172].
19 But [1161] Herod [2264] the tetrarch [5076], being reproved [1651] by [5259] him [846] for [4012] Herodias [2266] his [846] brother [80] Philip's [5376] wife [1135], and [2532] for [4012] all [3956] the evils [4190] which [3739] Herod [2264] had done [4160],
20 Added [4369] yet [2532] this [5124] above [1909] all [3956], that [2532] he shut up [2623] John [2491] in [1722] prison [5438].
17 For [1063] Herod [2264] himself [846] had sent forth [649] and laid hold [2902] upon John [2491], and [2532] bound [1210] him [846] in [1722] prison [5438] for [1223] Herodias [2266]' sake [1223], his [846] brother [80] Philip's [5376] wife [1135]: for [3754] he had married [1060] her [846].
18 For [1063] John [2491] had said [3004] unto Herod [2264], [3754] It is [1832] not [3756] lawful [1832] for thee [4671] to have [2192] thy [4675] brother's [80] wife [1135].
19 Therefore [1161] Herodias [2266] had a quarrel [1758] against him [846], and [2532] would [2309] have killed [615] him [846]; but [2532] she could [1410] not [3756]:
20 For [1063] Herod [2264] feared [5399] John [2491], knowing [1492] that he [846] was a just [1342] man [435] and [2532] an holy [40], and [2532] observed [4933] him [846]; and [2532] when he heard [191] him [846], he did [4160] many things [4183], and [2532] heard [191] him [846] gladly [2234].
17 For [1063] Herod [2264] himself [846] had sent forth [649] and laid hold [2902] upon John [2491], and [2532] bound [1210] him [846] in [1722] prison [5438] for [1223] Herodias [2266]' sake [1223], his [846] brother [80] Philip's [5376] wife [1135]: for [3754] he had married [1060] her [846].