John 3:24

For John was not yet cast into prison.
KJV

οὔπω γὰρ ἦν βεβλημένος εἰς τὴν φυλακὴν Ἰωάννης.
Greek NT

Nondum enim missus fuerat Joannes in carcerem.
Vulgate

For John was not yet cast into prison.
ASV

For John was not yet cast into prison.
Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

8 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

βάλλω

ballo

verb · 125×

γάρ

gar

conjunction · 1036×

εἰμί

eimi

verb · 2461×

εἰς

eis

preposition · 1769×

οὔπω

oupo

adverb · 25×

φυλακή

phulake

noun · 46×

Ἰωάννης

ioannes

noun · 134×

ὁ

article · 19778×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial

SBLGNT: ὁ | Treg/NIV/RP: ὁ

ὁ — SBLGNT
ὁ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont

source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Homilies on the Gospel of John · 2 passages

1. A great virtue is boldness and freedom of speech, and the making all things second in importance to the confessing of Christ; so great and admirable, that the Only-begotten Son of God proclaims such an one in the presence of the Father. Luke 12:8 Yet the recompense is more than just, for you confess upon earth, He in heaven, thou in the presence of men, He before the Father …

1. Nothing can be clearer or mightier than the truth, just as nothing is weaker than falsehood, though it be shaded by ten thousand veils. For even so it is easily detected, it easily melts away. But truth stands forth unveiled for all that will behold her beauty; she seeks no concealment, dreads no danger, trembles at no plots, desires not glory from the many, is accountable t…

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary

Cross-references

Luke 3:19 — But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
Luke 9:7 — Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;
Mark 6:17 — For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.
Matt 4:12 — Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
Matt 4:12 — Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
Matt 14:3 — For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.