King James Version
What Does John 3:24 Mean?
“For John was not yet cast into prison.”
Context
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After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
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And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
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For John was not yet cast into prison.
25
Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
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And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(24) **Was not yet cast into prison.**—This Judæan ministry, then, preceded the Galilean ministry of the earlier Gospels. (See John 4:3, and Note on Matthew 4:12.)
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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