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For Herod himself had sent out and laid hold on John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip`s wife, for he had married her.
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Confronting Powerful Sin
Commentators explain that John the Baptist was imprisoned for directly confronting King Herod's sin. Herod had married Herodias, the wife of his still-living brother Philip, which was a direct violation of Mosaic Law (Leviticus 18:16). John's courageous stand highlights the prophetic duty to speak truth to power, regardless of the personal cost.
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For Herod himself (Αυτος γαρ ο Hηρωιδης). Mark now proceeds to give the narrative of the death of John the Baptist some while befo…
19th Century
Anglican
For Herod himself had sent forth.—See Notes on Matthew 14:3-12.
Mark’s gospel has two “passion narratives”: the passion of John and the passion of the Messiah. Mark devotes fourteen verses to the death of John b…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For Herod himself had sent forth Some of his guard, a detachment of soldiers,
and laid hold upon John<…
Presbyterian
Herod feared John while he lived, and feared him still more when he was dead. Herod did many of those things which John in his preaching taught him…
