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Luke 3:19 KJV
Luke · chapter 3 · verse 19
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,Luke 3:19 · King James Version
Luke 3:19 in context
17Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
18And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
20Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
21Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- tetrarchtetraarchēsa tetrarch, a governor of the fourth part of a region. Thus Strabo states that Galactia…G5076 →
- reprovedelegchōto convict, refute, confute, generally with a suggestion of shame of the person…G1651 →
- HerodiashērōdiasHerodias = " heroic" , daughter of Aristobulus and granddaughter of Herod the…G2266 →
- Philip'sphilipposPhilip = " lover of horses" , an apostle of Christ, an evangelist and one of the…G5376 →
- brotheradelphosa brother, whether born of the same two parents or only of the same father or mother…G80 →
- HerodhērōdēsHerod = " heroic" , the name of a royal family that flourished among the Jews in…G2264 →
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We are now drawing near to the appearance of our Lord Jesus publicly; the Sun will not be long after the morning-star. We are here told, I. How the people took occasion, from the ministry and baptism of John, to think of the Messiah, and to think of him as at the door, as now come.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-20