Mark 6:18 · KJV
“For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.”
— Mark 6:18
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.
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: {a quarrel: or, an inward grudge}
Mark 6 — Context
But when Herod heard {thereof}, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
17For 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.
18For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
19Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: {a quarrel: or, an inward grudge}
20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. {observed him: or, kept him, or, saved him}
Cross References
Leviticus 18:16
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it {is} thy brother's nakedness.
Leviticus 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. {an...: Heb. a separation}
1 Kings 22:14
And Micaiah said, {As} the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
Ezekiel 3:18-19
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked {man} shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Acts 20:26-27
Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I {am} pure from the blood of all {men}.
Acts 24:24-26
And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
Matthew 14:3-4
For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put {him} in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
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