King James Version
Luke 3:20 in the King James Version says “Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.” — study this verse from Luke chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.”
Luke 3:20 · KJV
And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
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.
Now when all the people were baptized , it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“that”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“above”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“that”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“prison”
G5438a guarding or (concretely, guard), the act, the person; figuratively, the place, the condition, or (specially), the time (as a division of day or nigh
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