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For Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison [to [a]stow him out of the way] on account and for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

For John had said to him, It is not lawful or right for you to have her.(A)

Although he wished to have him put to death, he was afraid of the people, for they regarded John as a prophet.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 14:3 G. Abbott-Smith, Manual Greek Lexicon.

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