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Mark 6:18
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John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
For Iohn had said vnto Herod, It is not lawfull for thee to haue thy brothers wife.
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
John had been telling Herod, "It is not lawful for you to be married to your brother's wife."
For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful [under Mosaic Law] for you to have your brother's wife."
For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
For John had been telling Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife!"
but Yochanan had told him, "It violates the Torah for you to marry your brother's wife."
For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.
John told Herod, "It is not right for you to be married to your brother's wife."
For Iohn sayd vnto Herod, It is not lawfull for thee to haue thy brothers wife.
For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to marry your brother''s wife.
John the Baptist kept telling Herod, "It isn't right for you to marry your brother's wife!"
For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not permitted for you to have your brother's wife."
For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have the wife of your brother.
For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.
For Yochanan said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
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For Juchanon had said to Herodes, It is not lawful to thee to take the wife of thy brother.
For John had said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to take thy brother's wife.
For Iohn sayde vnto Herode: It is not lawful for thee to haue thy brothers wyfe.
For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee, to have thy brother's wife.
For John had repeatedly told Herod, "You have no right to be living with your brother's wife."
For Joon seide to Eroude, It is not leueful to thee, to haue the wijf of thi brothir.
For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.
For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
For John had repeatedly told Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Because John had said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
John had been telling Herod, "It is against God's law for you to marry your brother's wife."
John the Baptist had said to Herod, "It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife."
For John had been telling Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
For John had been saying to Herod - It is not allowed thee, to have, the wife of thy brother.
For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
for John said to Herod -- `It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'
Neuertheles Ihon sayde vnto Herode It is not laufull for the to haue yi brothers wife.
upon which John told him, "it is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
John had criticized Herod for marrying her in the first place. This wasn't just some gal off the street. She had been married to Herod's brother, Philip. It was against God's law to marry your brother's wife if he was still alive and Philip was still kicking around somewhere.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
It is: Leviticus 18:16, Leviticus 20:21, 1 Kings 22:14, Ezekiel 3:18, Ezekiel 3:19, Matthew 14:3, Matthew 14:4, Acts 20:26, Acts 20:27, Acts 24:24-26
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 3:8 - Abner 2 Kings 20:14 - What said 2 Chronicles 18:7 - I hate him Job 21:31 - declare Proverbs 29:10 - The bloodthirsty Jeremiah 22:1 - Go Luke 3:19 - General Luke 13:24 - for Acts 24:25 - temperance
Cross-References
By fayth Noe honored God after that he was warned of thinges which were not sene and prepared the arcke to the savinge of his houssholde thorowe the which arcke he condempned the worlde and became heyre of the rightewesnes which commeth by fayth.
which were in tyme passed disobedient when the longe sufferinge of God abode excedinge paciently in the dayes of Noe whyll the arcke was a preparinge wherin feawe (that is to saye.viii soules) were saved by water
Nether spared the olde worlde but saved Noe the ryghte preacher of rightewesnes and brought in the flud vpon the worlde of the vngodly
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For John had said unto Herod,.... He had been personally with him, and had plainly and freely told him of his sin, and faithfully reproved him for it; alleging what he had done was contrary to the law of God:
it is not lawful, for thee to have thy brother's wife:
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Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See this account of the death of John the Baptist fully explained in the notes at Matthew 14:1-12.
Mark 6:20
For Herod feared John - That is, he stood in awe of him on account of his sanctity, and his boldness and fearlessness in reproving sin.
Knowing that he was a just man and an Holy - A holy, pious, upright, honest man - a man who would not be afraid of him, or afraid to speak his real sentiments.
And observed him - Margin, “kept him, or saved him.” This does not mean that he “observed” or obeyed his teachings, but that he kept him in safe custody in order to preserve him from the machinations of Herodias. He was willing to show his respect for John, and to secure him from danger, and even to do “many things” which might indicate respect for him - at least, to do so much as to guard him from his enemies.
And did many things - But he did not do the thing which was demanded of him - to break off from his sins. He attempted to make a compromise with his conscience. He still loved his sins, and did “other” things which he supposed might be accepted in the place of putting away, as he ought, the wife of his brother - the polluted and adulterous woman with whom he lived. Perhaps he treated John kindly, or spoke well of him, or aided him in his wants, and attempted in this way to silence his rebukes and destroy his faithfulness. This was probably before John was imprisoned. So sinners often treat ministers kindly, and do much to make them comfortable, and hear them gladly, while they are still unwilling to do the thing which is demanded of them - to repent and believe the gospel. They expect that their kind attentions will be accepted in the place of what God demands - repentance and the forsaking of their sins.
