Matthew 14:3

Matthew 14:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.
• New International Version (NIV)Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
• English Standard Version (ESV)For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,
• New King James Version (NKJV)For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.

Context of Matthew 14:3

1At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2and said to his servants, This is John the baptist: he is risen from the dead, and because of this these works of power display their force in him. For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother. 4For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5And [while] desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.

Matthew 14:3 word by word

ὁ γὰρ Ἡρῴδης κρατήσας τὸν Ἰωάννην ἔδησεν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐν φυλακῇ ἀπέθετο διὰ Ἡρῳδιάδα τὴν γυναῖκα Φιλίππου τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

• HerodἩρώδηςHērōdēs · HerodG2264
• seizedκρατέωkrateō · to grasp/seizeG2902
• JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• boundδέωdeō · to bindG1210
• putἀποτίθημιapotithēmi · to put asideG659
• prisonφυλακήphulakē · prison/watch: prisonG5438
• accountδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• HerodiasἩρωδιάςHērōdias · HerodiasG2266
• wifeγυνήgunē · woman: wifeG1135
• PhilipΦίλιπποςPhilippos · PhilipG5376
• brotherἀδελφόςadelphos · brotherG80

Cross-references for Matthew 14:3

• Matthew 4:12But having heard that John was delivered up, he departed into Galilee:
• Mark 6:17For the same Herod had sent and seized John, and had bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.
• Luke 3:19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him as to Herodias, the wife of his brother, and as to all the wicked things which Herod had done,
• John 3:23And John also was baptising in Aenon, near Salim, because there was a great deal of water there; and they came to [him] and were baptised:
• Luke 13:1Now at the same time there were present some who told him of the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with [that of] their sacrifices.

Commentaries on Matthew 14:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3For Herodias' sake - This infamous woman was the daughter of Aristobulus and Bernice, and grand-daughter of Herod the Great. Her first marriage was with Herod Philip, her uncle, by whom she had Salome: some time after, she left her husband, and lived publicly with Herod Antipas, her brother-in-law, who had been before married to the daughter of Aretas, king of Arabia Petraea. As soon as Aretas understood that Herod had determined to put away his daughter…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-5Verses 3-5 For Herod had laid hold on John … - See Mark 6:17-20; Luke 3:19-20. This Herodias was a granddaughter of Herod the Great. She was first married to Herod Philip, by whom she had a daughter, Salome, probably the one that danced and pleased Herod. Josephus says that this marriage of Herod Antipas with Herodias took place while he was on a journey to Rome. He stopped at his brother‘s; fell in love with his wife; agreed to put away his own wife, the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-12John the Baptist’s message drew large crowds, which leaders saw as a political threat (see Josephus, Antiquities 18.5.2). Years after John was executed, many Jews believed that Herod’s military defeat by King Aretas in AD 36 was God’s judgment for killing an innocent man.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-12The time of this alarm of Herod Antipas appears to have been during the mission of the Twelve, and shortly after the Baptist--who had been in prison for probably more than a year--had been cruelly put to death. Herod's Theory of the Works of Christ (Mt 14:1, 2). 1. At that time Herod the tetrarch--Herod Antipas, one of the three sons of Herod the Great, and own brother of Archelaus (Mt 2:22), who ruled as ethnarch over Galilee and Perea. heard of the fame…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 14:3

• Adultery
• Herod
• Herodias
• Imprisonment
• Incest
• John
• Malice
• Oath
• Persecution
• Philip
• Politics
• Prisoners
• Reproof
• Rulers
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Herodias
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• Antipas
• Aretas
• Bid
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• Delay
• Instruct
• John the Baptist
• Philip

Commentaries on Matthew 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings