Mark 6:18

18 dicebat enim Iohannes Herodi non licet tibi habere uxorem fratris tui

Mark 6:18 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:18

For John had said unto Herod
He had been personally with him, and had plainly and freely told him of his sin, and faithfully reproved him for it; alleging what he had done was contrary to the law of God:

it is not lawful, for thee to have thy brother's wife:
(See Gill on Matthew 14:4).

Mark 6:18 In-Context

16 quo audito Herodes ait quem ego decollavi Iohannem hic a mortuis resurrexit

17 ipse enim Herodes misit ac tenuit Iohannem et vinxit eum in carcere propter Herodiadem uxorem Philippi fratris sui quia duxerat eam

18 dicebat enim Iohannes Herodi non licet tibi habere uxorem fratris tui

19 Herodias autem insidiabatur illi et volebat occidere eum nec poterat

20 Herodes enim metuebat Iohannem sciens eum virum iustum et sanctum et custodiebat eum et audito eo multa faciebat et libenter eum audiebat