Mark 6:18 meaning and explanation
For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”
Mark 6:18, Berean Standard Bible
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John the Baptist had spoken these words to Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee, who had married Herodias after she divorced his half brother Philip. John declared the union unlawful, since Jewish law forbade a man to take his brother's wife while the brother was living.
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