Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.
Parallel translations
- WEB added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
- KJV Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
- NKJV also added this, above all, that he shut John up in prison.
- NASB Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison.
- NLT So Herod put John in prison, adding this sin to his many others.
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Quick answer
Herod responds to John's rebuke by adding to his sins, imprisoning John. Hardened hearts answer correction with greater evil.
Overview
Rather than repenting, Herod silences the prophet by shutting him in prison—piling sin upon sin. Luke notes this here to round off John's ministry before turning fully to Jesus. The imprisonment reveals the cost of faithful witness and the hardness of those who reject God's word.
Cross-references & the web
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- 2 Chr 24:17–22After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.
- Matt 21:35–41But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
- Luke 13:31–34At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
- Rev 16:6For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
- John 3:24(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
- Matt 23:31–33So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
- 1 Th 2:15–16who 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,
- Matt 22:6–7The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.
- Jer 2:30“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
- 2 Kgs 21:16Moreover, 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.
- 2 Kgs 24:4and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
- Neh 9:26But 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 Chr 36:16But 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.
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