John 3:24 BSB — MannaFest

John 3:24

(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For John was not yet cast into prison.

KJV

For John was not yet cast into prison.

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Commentary

2 voices

Eusebius of Caesarea

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY 3.24.8-12 (339)

For it is evident that the three Evangelists recorded only the deeds done by the Savior for one year after the imprisonment of John the Baptist and indicated this in the beginning of their account.… They say, therefore, that the apostle John, being asked to do it for this reason, gave in his Gospel an account of the period that had been omitted by the earlier Evangelists and of the deeds done by the Savior during that period; that is, of those that were done before the imprisonment of the Baptist.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For John was not yet cast into prison. As he afterwards was by Herod, for the sake of Herodias, because he reproved Herod for taking her to be his wife, when she was wife to his brother Philip; see Mat 14:3; and this circumstance shows, that these things were done before that journey of Christ into Galilee, mentioned in Mat 4:12.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Let it not be said that all Christ's followers are unlearned and ignorant men. The principles of the Pharisees, and the peculiarities of their sect, were directly contrary to the spirit of Christianity; yet there were some in whom even those high thoughts were cast down and brought into obedience to Christ. The grace of Christ is able to subdue the greatest opposition.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

For John was not yet cast into prison - See Luk 3:20. The mention of this shows that John was not imprisoned until some time after our Lord entered on his ministry. The design of John was to call men to repentance, and to prepare them for the Messiah, and this he continued to do after our Saviour commenced his work. It shows that a minister of religion should be industrious to the day of his death. John still toiled in his work not the “less” because the Messiah had come.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
οὔπω	oupō	Not yet	G3768 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἦν	ēn	were	G1510 →
βεβλημένος	beblēmenos	cast	G906 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
φυλακὴν	phulakēn	prison	G5438 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
Ἰωάννης.	Iōannēs	John.	G2491 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 4:12
When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.
leads to
- Mark 1:14
  After the arrest of John, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.
- Luke 3:20
  Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.
- Matthew 14:3
  Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
- Luke 4:14
  Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.
Through
Mark 6:17
For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
leads to
- Luke 3:19–20
  But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 11:2
  Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples
Through
Matthew 14:3
Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
leads to
- Mark 6:17
  For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 4:12
  When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About John

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About John