Mark 6:17 Cross References

Mark 6:17

17: For Herod had sent soldiers to arrest and imprison John as a favor to Herodias. She had been his brother Philip's wife, but Herod had married her.

Luke 3:19

  1. John also publicly criticized Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee, for marrying Herodias, his brother's wife, and for many other wrongs he had done.
  2. So Herod put John in prison, adding this sin to his many others.

Matthew 11:2

  1. John the Baptist, who was now in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah was doing. So he sent his disciples to ask Jesus,

Matthew 14:3

  1. For Herod had arrested and imprisoned John as a favor to his wife Herodias (the former wife of Herod's brother Philip).
  2. John kept telling Herod, "It is illegal for you to marry her."
  3. Herod would have executed John, but he was afraid of a riot, because all the people believed John was a prophet.
  4. But at a birthday party for Herod, Herodias's daughter performed a dance that greatly pleased him,
  5. so he promised with an oath to give her anything she wanted.

Matthew 4:12

  1. When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he left Judea and returned to Galilee.

Luke 3:1

  1. It was now the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius, the Roman emperor. Pilate was governor over Judea; Herod Antipas was ruler over Galilee; his brother Philip was ruler over Iturea and Traconitis; Lysanias was ruler over Abilene.
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