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For Herod had arrested John and chained him in prison at the demand of[a] his wife Herodias, his brother Philip’s ex-wife, because John had told him it was wrong for him to marry her. He would have killed John but was afraid of a riot, for all the people believed John was a prophet.

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  1. Matthew 14:3 at the demand of, literally, “on account of.”

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison(A) because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,(B) for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.”(C) Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet.(D)

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