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Herod the tetrarch and Herodias
How Herod the tetrarch and Herodias are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Herod the tetrarch and Herodias were married.
Herod the tetrarch married Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. John's rebuke of the marriage led Herod to imprison him.
for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her
Mark 6:17, King James Version
being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife
Luke 3:19, King James Version
Where they cross: Mark 6:17-18
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Mark 6:17-18
17For 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.
18For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
Luke 3:19
19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
King James Version