John 3:24

24 John hadn't yet been thrown into prison.)

John 3:24 Meaning and Commentary

John 3:24

For John was not yet cast into prison.
] As he afterwards was by Herod, for the sake of Herodias, because he reproved Herod for taking her to be his wife, when she was wife to his brother Philip; see ( Matthew 14:3 Matthew 14:4 ) ; and this circumstance shows, that these things were done before that journey of Christ into Galilee, mentioned in ( Matthew 4:12 Matthew 4:13 ) .

John 3:24 In-Context

22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into Judea, where he spent some time with them and was baptizing.

23 John was baptizing at Aenon near Salem because there was a lot of water there, and people were coming to him and being baptized. (

24 John hadn't yet been thrown into prison.)

25 A debate started between John's disciples and a certain Jew about cleansing rituals.

26 They came to John and said, "Rabbi, look! The man who was with you across the Jordan, the one about whom you testified, is baptizing and everyone is flocking to him."