Mark 6:18 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.”

Mark 6:18

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But when Herod heard {thereof}, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

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.

For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: {a quarrel: or, an inward grudge}

For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. {observed him: or, kept him, or, saved him}

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Mark 6:1

"And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him."

Mark 6:2

"And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing {him} were astonished, saying, From whence hath this {man} these things? and what wisdom {is} this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?"

Mark 6:3

"Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. {offended: scandalized in, or, by him}"

Mark 6:4

"But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house."

Mark 6:5

"And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed {them}."

Mark 6:6

"And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching."

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