Matthew 14:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)3 For Herod had arrested John and had him chained and put in prison in order to please Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17693 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition3 For Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison [to stow him out of the way] on account and for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)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. See the chapterCommon English Bible3 Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of Herod’s brother Philip. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version3 For Herod had apprehended John, and bound him, and put him in prison, because of Herodias, the wife of his brother. See the chapter |
Now it was the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was ruler of Galilee, his brother Philip was ruler of the regions of Ituraea and Trachonitus [Note: These two men were sons of Herod the Great (See Matt. 2:1) and ruled over provinces east of the Jordan River] and Lysanias was ruler of Abilene [Note: This was a province just north of the two previously mentioned ones].