Luke 3:20

20 capped his long string of evil deeds with this outrage: He put John in jail.

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 There was a lot more of this - words that gave strength to the people, words that put heart in them. The Message!

19 But Herod, the ruler, stung by John's rebuke in the matter of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

20 capped his long string of evil deeds with this outrage: He put John in jail.

21 After all the people were baptized, Jesus was baptized. As he was praying, the sky opened up

22 and the Holy Spirit, like a dove descending, came down on him. And along with the Spirit, a voice: "You are my Son, chosen and marked by my love, pride of my life." Son of Adam, Son of God