Luke 3:20

Luke 3:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
• New International Version (NIV)Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.
• English Standard Version (ESV)added this to them all, that he locked up John in prison.
• New King James Version (NKJV)also added this, above all, that he shut John up in prison.

Context of Luke 3:20

18So with many other exhortations he preached the gospel to the people. 19But when Herod the tetrarch was reprimanded by him regarding Herodias, his brother’s wife, and regarding all the evil things which Herod had done, Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison. 21Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened, 22and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son, in You I am well pleased.”

Luke 3:20 word by word

προσέθηκεν καὶ τοῦτο ἐπὶ πᾶσιν· καὶ κατέκλεισεν τὸν Ἰωάννην ἐν φυλακῇ.¶Read the interlinear

• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• addedπροστίθημιprostithēmi · to add (to)G4369
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• to them allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• he lockedκατακλείωkatakleiō · to lock upG2623
• JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• in prisonφυλακήphulakē · prison/watch: prisonG5438

Cross-references for Luke 3:20

• Luke 13:31At that very time some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, “Go away and leave this place, because Herod wants to kill You.”
• 2 Kings 21:16Furthermore, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin into which he misled Judah, in doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
• 2 Kings 24:4and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the Lord was unwilling to forgive.
• 2 Chronicles 24:17But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them.
• 2 Chronicles 36:16but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose against His people, until there was no remedy.
• Nehemiah 9:26“But they became rebellious and revolted against You, And threw Your Law behind their backs And killed Your prophets who had admonished them In order to bring them back to You, And they committed great blasphemies.
• Jeremiah 2:30“In vain I have struck your sons; They did not accept discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion.
• Matthew 21:35And the vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.
• Matthew 22:6and the rest seized his slaves and treated them abusively, and then killed them.
• Matthew 23:31So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all people,
• Revelation 16:6for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They deserve it.”

Commentaries on Luke 3:20

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-20Verses 15-20 John the Baptist disowned being himself the Christ, but confirmed the people in their expectations of the long-promised Messiah. He could only exhort them to repent, and assure them of forgiveness upon repentance; but he could not work repentance in them, nor confer remission on them. Thus highly does it become us to speak of Christ, and thus humbly of ourselves. John can do no more than baptize with water, in token that they ought to purify…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-20Herod Antipas was the ruler of Galilee. He divorced his first wife and married Herodias. Herodias was the wife of his half-brother Herod Philip. When John publicly criticized Herod for this sin, Herod imprisoned and later executed him (compare 9:9; Mark 6:16–29). Herod’s execution of John is also recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus (Antiquities 18.5.2).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2019-20. But Herod, &c.--See on Mr 6:14, &c. (Also see on Mt 3:12.) and for all the evils which Herod had done--important fact here only mentioned, showing how thoroughgoing was the fidelity of the Baptist to his royal hearer, and how strong must have been the workings of conscience in that slave of passion when, notwithstanding such plainness, he "did many things and heard John gladly" (Mr 6:20, 26).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 3:20

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Commentaries on Luke 3

• 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