And said unto his servants, This is that John Baptist, he is risen again from the dead, and therefore great [a]works are wrought by him.

(A)For Herod had taken John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.

For John said unto him, It is not (B)lawful for thee to have her.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 14:2 By works he meaneth that force and power, whereby works are wrought and not the works, as is seen oft before.

and he said to his attendants, “This is John the Baptist;(A) he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison(B) because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,(C) for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.”(D)

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