Matthew 14:3 meaning and explanation

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

Matthew 14:3, Berean Standard Bible

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The narrator pauses the action to explain how John the Baptist came to be in prison. Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee, had arrested and bound John because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom Herod had taken as his own.

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