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 in other translations
| BSB | For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married. |
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| WEB | For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her. |
| ASV | For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife; for he had married her. |
| YLT | For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her, |
| DARBY | For the same Herod had sent and seized John, and had bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her. |
| BBE | For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself. |
| Webster | For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her. |
What does Mark 6:17 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 6:14-29
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; but it is not enough to do many things, we must have respect to all the commandments. Herod respected John, till he touched him in his Herodias. Thus many love good preaching, if it keep far away from their beloved sin. But it is better that sinners persecute ministers…
Mark 6:17 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Mark 6:17
- Matthew 11:2
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
- Luke 3:19-20
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
- Luke 3:1
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
- Matthew 4:12
Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
- Matthew 14:3-12
For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife. For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. …
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Context
- Mark 6:16
But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is 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.
- Mark 6:18
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
Mark 6:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque el mismo Herodes había enviado, y prendido á Juan, y le había aprisionado en la cárcel á causa de Herodías, mujer de Felipe su hermano; pues la había tomado por mujer. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car Hérode lui-même avait envoyé prendre Jean, et l’avait fait lier dans une prison, à cause d’Hérodias, la femme de Philippe son frère; car il l’avait épousée. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn er, Herodes, hatte hingesandt und den Johannes greifen und ihn im Gefängnis binden lassen, um der Herodias willen, des Weibes seines Bruders Philippus, weil er sie geheiratet hatte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ipse enim Herodes misit, ac tenuit Joannem, et vinxit eum in carcere propter Herodiadem uxorem Philippi fratris sui, quia duxerat eam. |