17 Denn er, Herodes, hatte hingesandt und den Johannes greifen und ihn im Gefängnis binden lassen, um der Herodias willen, des Weibes seines Bruders Philippus, weil er sie geheiratet hatte.
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For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married.