Mark 6:17-19 New English Translation

¹⁷For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because Herod^[a] had married her. ¹⁸For John had repeatedly told^[b] Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”^[c] ¹⁹So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But^[d] she could not

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Mark 6:17 tn Grk “he”; here it is necessary to specify the referent as “Herod,” since the nearest previous antecedent in the translation is Philip.
Mark 6:18 tn The imperfect tense verb is here rendered with an iterative force.
Mark 6:18 sn It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife. This was a violation of OT law (Lev 18:16; 20:21). In addition, both Herod Antipas and Herodias had each left marriages to enter into this union.
Mark 6:19 tn Grk “and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

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