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

18And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. 19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. 21Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

Luke 3:20 word by word

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

• Addedπροστίθημιprostithēmi · to add (to)G4369
• yetκαίkai · andG2532
• thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• aboveἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• allπᾶςpas · allG3956
• he shut upκατακλείωkatakleiō · to lock upG2623
• Johnὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JohnἸωάννηςIōannēs · JohnG2491
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• prisonφυλακήphulakē · prison/watch: prisonG5438

Cross-references for Luke 3:20

• Luke 13:31The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
• 2 Kings 21:16Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Yhwh.
• 2 Kings 24:4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which Yhwh would not pardon.
• 2 Chronicles 24:17Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
• 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of Yhwh arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
• Nehemiah 9:26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
• Jeremiah 2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
• Matthew 21:35And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
• Matthew 22:6And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.
• Matthew 23:31Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:15Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
• Revelation 16:6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

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

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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