Luke 3:20

20 added yet this above all, that he shut 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 And exhorting many other things he announced the gospel unto the people.

19 Then Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife and for all the evils which Herod had done,

20 added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass that, Jesus also being baptized and praying, the heaven was opened,

22 and the Holy Spirit 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 is my delight.