Mark 6:17

New Century Version

Herod himself had ordered his soldiers to arrest John and put him in prison in order to please his wife, Herodias. She had been the wife of Philip, Herod’s brother, but then Herod had married her.

Cross References

Matthew 11:2

John the Baptist was in prison, but he heard about what the Christ was doing. So John sent some of his followers to Jesus.

Matthew 4:12

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

Mark 6:16

When Herod heard this, he said, “I killed John by cutting off his head. Now he has risen from the dead!”

Luke 3:1

It was the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar. These men were under Caesar: Pontius Pilate, the ruler of Judea; Herod, the ruler of Galilee; Philip, Herod’s brother, the ruler of Iturea and Traconitis; and Lysanias, the ruler of Abilene.

John 3:24

(This was before John was put into prison.)