Matthew 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.
KJV
ὁ γὰρ Ἡρώδης κρατήσας τὸν Ἰωάννην ἔδησεν καὶ ἐν φυλακῇ ἀπέθετο διὰ Ἡρωδιάδα τὴν γυναῖκα [Φιλίππου] τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ.
Greek NT
Herodes enim tenuit Joannem, et alligavit eum : et posuit in carcerem propter Herodiadem uxorem fratris sui.
Vulgate
For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.
ASV
For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison, because of Herodias, his brother's wife.
Douay-Rheims
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In this verse
In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Φίλιππος
philippos
noun · 36×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γάρ
gar
conjunction · 1036×
γυνή
gune
noun · 219×
δέω
deo
verb · 43×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κρατέω
krateo
verb · 47×
φυλακή
phulake
noun · 46×
ἀδελφός
adelphos
noun · 343×
ἀποτίθημι
apotithemi
verb · 9×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
Ἡρωδιάς
erodias
noun · 6×
Ἡρώδης
erodes
noun · 43×
Ἰωάννης
ioannes
noun · 134×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
trivial
SBLGNT: αὐτὸν | Treg/NIV/RP: αὐτὸν
- αὐτὸν — SBLGNT
- αὐτὸν — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: ἐν φυλακῇ ἀπέθετο | WH/NIV: ἐν φυλακῇ ἀπέθετο | Treg: ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ ἀπέθετο | RP: ἔθετο ἐν φυλακῇ
- ἐν φυλακῇ ἀπέθετο — SBLGNT
- ἐν φυλακῇ ἀπέθετο — Westcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἐν τῇ φυλακῇ ἀπέθετο — Tregelles
- ἔθετο ἐν φυλακῇ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. Matthew 13:36 When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave t…
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1. Not long after this John the Baptist was beheaded by the younger Herod, as is stated in the Gospels. Josephus also records the same fact, making mention of Herodias by name, and stating that, although she was the wife of his brother, Herod made her his own wife after divorcing his former lawful wife, who was the daughter of Aretas, king of Petra, and separating Herodias from…
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 1:9 — Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
- 2Sam 12:13 — And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
- John 3:24 — For John was not yet cast into prison.
- Lev 20:21 — And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.
- Luke 3:1 — Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of
- 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,
- 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.
- 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.
- Mark 6:19 — Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
- Mark 6:22 — And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
- Mark 9:13 — But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
- 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 11:2 — Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
- Matt 11:2 — Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,