Mark 6:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.

Cross References

Matthew 11:2

Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples

Matthew 4:12

Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;

Mark 6:16

But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

Luke 3:1

Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,

John 3:24

For at this time John had not been put into prison.