Luke 3:20

Translations

Modern

Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

Traditional

Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

Literal

…also added this to all: He also locked up John in prison.

Latin

…adjecit et hoc super omnia, et inclusit Joannem in carcere.

Original

Greek

English

Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.

Notes

Luke 3:19–20

Herod Antipas was the ruler of Galilee. He divorced his first wife and married Herodias. Herodias was the wife of his half-brother Herod Philip.

When John publicly criticized Herod for this sin, Herod imprisoned and later executed him (compare 9:9; Mark 6:16–29). Herod’s execution of John is also recorded by the Jewish historian Josephus (Antiquities 18.5.2).

Theme notes and profiles

Herod Antipas John the Baptist Baptism

Events

John the Baptist Imprisonedc. AD 27

Related verses

2 Chronicles 24:17–22
After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.
Matthew 23:31–33
So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
1 Thessalonians 2:15–16
…who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
2 Chronicles 36:16
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
Jeremiah 2:30
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
Nehemiah 9:26
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
2 Kings 24:4
…and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
Revelation 16:6
For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
Matthew 22:6–7
The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
Matthew 21:35–41
But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
2 Kings 21:16
Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
John 3:24
(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

Parallels

Isaiah 40:1–5 Matthew 3:1–12 Mark 1:1–8 John 1:19–28

People

John: The Baptist, a prophet who prepared the way for Jesus

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Genealogy Herod, Herodian Family Herodias Luke, Gospel of Philip

Topics

John: Reproves Herod Antipas on Account of his Incest; Herod Imprisons Him, and Beheads Him Prisoners: John the Baptist Reproof: Faithfulness in John the Baptist, of Herod Antipas

Luke 3:20

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