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For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother`s wife."
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The Unlawful Union
Commentators explain that John's rebuke was not a personal opinion but was grounded in Mosaic Law. Specifically, Leviticus 18:16 and 20:21 forbade a man from marrying his brother's wife while the brother was still alive. John was courageously applying God's specific command directly to the ruler of the land.
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Thy brother's wife (την γυναικα του αδελφου). While the brother was alive (Leviticus 18:16; [Reference Leviticus 20:21…
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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Reformed Baptist
For John had said to Herod He had been personally with him, and had plainly and freely told him of his sin, and fait…
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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…
