Mark 6:17

Full Chapter

September 17, 2025

KJV

For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.

BSB

For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

WEB

For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.

YLT

For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

F.O.G Original

(17) For Herod himself had sent for Yochanan’s arrest and tied him up in prison because of Herodias (Heroic), the wife of his brother Philip (Horse Lover; Warrior) because he had married her.

F.O.G

(17) For Herod himself had sent for Yochanan’s arrest and tied him up in prison because of Herodias (Heroic), the wife of his brother Philip (Horse Lover; Warrior) because he had married her.

F.O.G MSG

¹⁷Herod himself had ordered John’s arrest and had him chained in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wifeᵈ, whom Herod had married.

Footnotes:

¹⁷ᵈ Philip’s wife: This refers to Herod Philip I (not Philip the Tetrarch). According to Jewish law, marrying your brother’s wife while he was still alive was forbidden.