Mat 14:3 | MHM | STEP | v. 3 : For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife. The story explains what happened earlier. Herod had arrested John the Baptist and put him in prison because John had spoken out against Herod’s marriage to Herodias, who had been his brother’s wife (Matthew 14:3 ).

‏ Matthew 14:3

v. 3: For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife. The story explains what happened earlier. Herod had arrested John the Baptist and put him in prison because John had spoken out against Herod’s marriage to Herodias, who had been his brother’s wife (Matthew 14:3 ^a).