For the sake of Herodias (δια Hηρωιδιαδα). The death of John had taken place some time before. The Greek aorists here (εδησεν, απε…

For Herod had laid hold on John. This Herodias was a granddaughter of Herod the Great. She was first married to Herod Philip, by whom she …

Put him in prison — Josephus (Antiquities, Book 18, Chapter 5, Section 2) gives Machaerus, in Perea, as the scene of the …

Of course, it was not lawful for him to take his brother Philip’s wife for himself while Philip was still living, and while his own wife was also l…

Glossa Ordinaria: The Evangelist had previously shown the Pharisees speaking falsely against Christ's miracles and, just befor…

Herod Antipas’s first wife was the daughter of Aretas (cf. 2 Corinthians 11:32), Arabian king of the Nabateans, whose land adjoined Per…

Luke currently omits this narrative because he had explained it previously; and as for me, as I do not want to annoy my readers by writing the same…

For Herod had laid hold on John
By his servants, whom he sent to apprehend him:

and bound him