§ 02 · King James Bible

Mark 6:17

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.

Simple English

Herod arrested John because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. He did this since he married her.

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