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Luke 3:20 KJV
Luke · chapter 3 · verse 20
Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.Luke 3:20 · King James Version
Luke 3:20 in context
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,
22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Addedprostithēmito put to, to addG4369 →
- aboveepiupon, on, at, by, before, of position, on, at, by, over, against, to, over, on, at…G1909 →
- JohniōannēsJohn = " Jehovah is a gracious giver" , John the Baptist was the son of Zacharias…G2491 →
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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