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For John was not yet thrown into prison.
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Commentators widely agree that this verse is a crucial chronological note. It clarifies that Jesus' early Judean ministry, described here in John's Gospel, overlapped with John the Baptist's work and occurred before the main Galilean ministry that is the starting point for the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
For John had not yet been cast into prison (ουπω γαρ ην βεβλημενος εις την φυλακην Ιωανης). Periphrastic past perfect indicative o…
19th Century
Anglican
Was not yet cast into prison.—This Judean ministry, then, preceded the Galilean ministry of the earlier Gospels. (See Joh…
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Baptist
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…
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For John was not yet cast into prison . ] As he afterwards was by Herod, for the sake of Herodias, because he reproved He…
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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 …
13th Century
Catholic
Previously, the Lord gave us His teaching on spiritual regeneration in words; here He completes His teaching through action, by baptizing…
