John 3:24

24 since John had not yet been put in 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 Later, Jesus and his disciples went to the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them and baptized people.

23 John was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim. Water was plentiful there. (People came to John to be baptized,

24 since John had not yet been put in prison.)

25 Some of John's disciples had an argument with a Jew about purification ceremonies.

26 So they went to John and asked him, "Rabbi, do you remember the man you spoke so favorably about when he was with you on the other side of the Jordan River? Well, he's baptizing, and everyone is going to him!"