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For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."
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More Than Just Adultery
Commentators explain that John's rebuke was not a vague moral complaint. He condemned Herod for two specific violations of God's law: adultery, since Herodias's husband was still alive, and incest, since she was his brother's wife, a union explicitly forbidden by Leviticus 18:16. This highlights the precise, law-based nature of John's courageous stand.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 …
For John said unto him (ελεγεν γαρ Ιωανης αυτω). Possibly the Pharisees may have put Herod up to inveigling John to Machaerus on o…
19th Century
Anglican
For John said to him — The Jewish historian (Ant. xviii. 5, § 2) states more generally that Antipas was afraid that some …
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Baptist
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…
Herod Antipas’s first wife was the daughter of Aretas (cf. 2 Corinthians 11:32), Arabian king of the Nabateans, whose land adjoined Per…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For John said to him John having heard of this incestuous marriage, went to Herod, and reproved him to his face for …
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The terror and reproach of conscience, which Herod, like other daring offenders, could not shake off, are proofs and warnings of a future judgment …
13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Lord showed the power of the Gospel teaching by way of some parables; here, He shows its power by deeds. And He does three things:
