Luke 3:20

20 added this also to them all: he also locked up John in prison.

Luke 3:20 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 3:20

Added yet this above all
This sin to all other sins, and which was of a more flagitious nature; and attended with more aggravating circumstances, especially in the issue of it:

that he shut up John in prison;
in the castle of Machaerus, by the instigation of Herodias; (See Gill on Matthew 14:3).

Luke 3:20 In-Context

18 So with many other exhortations also he proclaimed good news to the people.

19 But Herod the tetrarch, who had been reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother's wife, and concerning all the evil deeds that Herod had done,

20 added this also to them all: he also locked up John in prison.

21 Now it happened that when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and [while he] was praying, heaven was opened,

22 and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."