Mar 6:17 | TNotes | STEP | 6:17 imprison John: The Jewish historian Josephus ( Antiquities 18.5.2) says that John was imprisoned in the fortress of Machaerus in Perea. • Josephus ( Antiquities 18.5.1–4) states that Herodias was the wife of Herod Antipas’s half brother, Herod Philip .

‏ Mark 6:17

6:17 ^a imprison John: The Jewish historian Josephus (Antiquities 18.5.2) says that John was imprisoned in the fortress of Machaerus in Perea.

• Josephus (Antiquities 18.5.1–4) states that Herodias was the wife of Herod Antipas’s half brother, Herod Philip.