Mark 6:17

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

Mark 6:17 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:17

For Herod himself had sent forth
Some of his guard, a detachment of soldiers,

and laid hold upon John;
who seized upon him, and took him up:

and bound him in prison;
in the castle of Machaerus:

for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married
her;
whilst his brother was living, and who had had children by her; (See Gill on Matthew 14:3).

Mark 6:17 In-Context

15 alii autem dicebant quia Helias est alii vero dicebant propheta est quasi unus ex prophetis

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