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Mark 6:17 Cross-References
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“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 (KJV)
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Commentary on 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 begins the flashback explaining John's execution, revealing the moral corruption behind Herod's guilty conscience. 'Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John' (αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ Ἡρῴδης ἀποστείλας ἐκράτησεν τὸν Ἰωάννην, autos gar ho Hērōdēs aposteilas ekratēsen ton Iōannēn)—the emphatic 'himself' stresses Herod's personal responsibility. He arrested John, though later claiming reluctance to execute him (v. 26). 'Bound him in prison' (...
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Cross-References for Mark 6:17
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“he sent two of his disciples”
“being reproved by him for Herodias”
“he withdrew into Galilee.”
“Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea”
“and bound him”