Mark 6:17

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Herod had sent men who had arrested John, tied him up, and put him in prison. Herod did that for Herodias, whom he had married. (She used to be his brother Philip’s wife.)

Cross References

Matthew 11:2

When John was in prison, he heard about the things Christ had done. So he sent his disciples

Matthew 4:12

When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he went back to Galilee.

Mark 6:16

But when Herod heard about it, he said, “I had John’s head cut off, and he has come back to life!”

Luke 3:1

It was the fifteenth year in the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea. Herod ruled Galilee, and his brother Philip ruled Iturea and Trachonitis. Lysanias was the ruler of Abilene.

John 3:24

since John had not yet been put in prison.)