For John had not yet been cast into prison (ουπω γαρ ην βεβλημενος εις την φυλακην Ιωανης). Periphrastic past perfect indicative o…

For John was not yet cast into prison . The mention of this shows that John was not imprisoned until some time after our Lord entered on H…

Was not yet cast into prison.—This Judean ministry, then, preceded the Galilean ministry of the earlier Gospels. (See Joh…

After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea, and there he tarried with them, and baptized. And John also was baptiz…

St. John Chrysostom: Nothing is more open or bold than truth. It does not seek concealment, avoid danger, fear snares, or care…

This period of Jesus’ ministry in Judea is not paralleled by any account in the Synoptic Gospels (cf. Matthew 4:12–21; [Reference Mark 1…

For John was not yet cast into prison . ] As he afterwards was by Herod, for the sake of Herodias, because he reproved He…

John was fully satisfied with the place and work assigned to him, but Jesus came for a more important work. He also knew that Jesus would increase …

1. Previously, the Lord gave us His teaching on spiritual regeneration in words; here He completes His teaching through action, by baptizing…