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New King James Version

John 3:24

For John had not yet been thrown into prison.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - John;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Grace;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John the baptist;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Episcopacy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Faith;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gospels;   Jesus Christ;   John the Baptist;   John, the Gospel According to;   Holman Bible Dictionary - John;   John, the Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gospels;   John, Gospel of;   John, Theology of;   Mss;   Scribes;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Herod ;   John the Baptist;   Prisoner;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - James;   John, Gospel of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
since John had not yet been thrown into prison.
King James Version (1611)
For Iohn was not yet cast into prison.
King James Version
For John was not yet cast into prison.
English Standard Version
(for John had not yet been put in prison).
New American Standard Bible
for John had not yet been thrown into prison.
New Century Version
(This was before John was put into prison.)
Amplified Bible
for John had not yet been thrown into prison.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
for John had not yet been thrown into prison.
Legacy Standard Bible
for John had not yet been thrown into prison.
Berean Standard Bible
(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
Complete Jewish Bible
(This was before Yochanan's imprisonment.)
Darby Translation
for John was not yet cast into prison.
Easy-to-Read Version
This was before John was put in prison.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For Iohn was not yet cast into prison.
George Lamsa Translation
For John was not yet cast into prison.
Good News Translation
(This was before John had been put in prison.)
Lexham English Bible
(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
Literal Translation
For John had not yet been thrown into the prison.
American Standard Version
For John was not yet cast into prison.
Bible in Basic English
For at this time John had not been put into prison.
Hebrew Names Version
For Yochanan was not yet thrown into prison.
International Standard Version
since John had not yet been thrown into prison.Matthew 14:3;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
for not yet was Juchanon cast into the house of the bound.
Murdock Translation
For John had not yet fallen into prison.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For Iohn was not yet cast into prison.
English Revised Version
For John was not yet cast into prison.
World English Bible
For John was not yet thrown into prison.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For John was not yet cast into prison.
Weymouth's New Testament
(For John was not yet in prison.)
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Joon was not yit sent in to prisoun.
Update Bible Version
For John was not yet cast into prison.
Webster's Bible Translation
For John was not yet cast into prison.
New English Translation
(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
New Living Translation
(This was before John was thrown into prison.)
New Life Bible
John had not been put in prison yet.
New Revised Standard
—John, of course, had not yet been thrown into prison.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
for, not yet, had John been cast into prison.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For John was not yet cast into prison.
Revised Standard Version
For John had not yet been put in prison.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For Iohn was not yet cast into preson.
Young's Literal Translation
for John was not yet cast into the prison --
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for Iohn was not yet put in preson.
Mace New Testament (1729)
for John was not yet cast into prison.
Simplified Cowboy Version
(This was before John was thrown in the slammer.)

Contextual Overview

22 After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized. 23 Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized. 24 For John had not yet been thrown into prison. 25 Then there arose a dispute between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified--behold, He is baptizing, and all are coming to Him!" 27 John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven. 28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, "I am not the Christ,' but, "I have been sent before Him.' 29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Matthew 4:12, Matthew 14:3, Mark 6:17, Luke 3:19, Luke 3:20, Luke 9:7-9

Reciprocal: Matthew 11:2 - in

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
Genesis 3:8
And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
Genesis 3:9
Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said: "I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you."
Genesis 3:17
Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, "You shall not eat of it': "Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.
Genesis 3:18
Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field.
Genesis 3:22
Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"--
Exodus 25:2
"Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart you shall take My offering.
Numbers 22:23
Now the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD standing in the way with His drawn sword in His hand, and the donkey turned aside out of the way and went into the field. So Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back onto the road.
Joshua 5:13
And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, a Man stood opposite him with His sword drawn in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, "Are You for us or for our adversaries?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For John was not yet cast into prison. As he afterwards was by Herod, for the sake of Herodias, because he reproved Herod for taking her to be his wife, when she was wife to his brother Philip; see Matthew 14:3; and this circumstance shows, that these things were done before that journey of Christ into Galilee, mentioned in Matthew 4:12.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For John was not yet cast into prison - See Luke 3:20. The mention of this shows that John was not imprisoned until some time after our Lord entered on his ministry. The design of John was to call men to repentance, and to prepare them for the Messiah, and this he continued to do after our Saviour commenced his work. It shows that a minister of religion should be industrious to the day of his death. John still toiled in his work not the “less” because the Messiah had come. So ministers should not labor less when Christ appears by his Spirit, and takes the work into his own hands, and turns many to himself.


 
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