3For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.


In Context

1 At that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

2 And said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he hath risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him.

3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

4 For John had said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

Matthew 14:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:3For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put [him] in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:3Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:3For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison, because of Herodias, his brother's wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:3For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3For Herod had seized John, and had bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:3For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:3For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:3For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.