Mark 6:17

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It was Herod himself who’d given the orders to arrest John. He had him tied up and put in prison because of Herodias, the woman who had been the wife of his brother Philip, but who was now married to him.

Cross References

Matthew 11:2

John the Baptist was in prison, and when he heard about what the Messiah was doing, he sent his disciples

Luke 3:1

In the fifteenth year that Tiberius Caesar ruled—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was the ruler of Galilee, his brother Philip was the ruler of Iturea and Traconitis, Lysanias was ruler of Abilene—

Matthew 4:12

John the Baptist was put in prison, and when Jesus heard about that, he went back to Galilee.

Mark 6:16

But when Herod heard this, he said, “I had John’s head cut off, but now he has been raised from the dead!”

John 3:24

(This was before John was put in prison.)