"For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip…" — Mark 6:17

Mark 6:17 · KJV

“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

Verse 16

But when Herod heard {thereof}, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

Verse 18

For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

Mark 6 — Context

Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.

But when Herod heard {thereof}, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

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.

For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: {a quarrel: or, an inward grudge}

Cross References

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,

Matthew 11:2

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

Matthew 4:12

Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; {cast...: or, delivered up}

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 Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, {tetrarch: or, governor of four provinces}

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.