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New Life Version

Luke 3:20

To all these, Herod added another sin by putting John in prison.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - John;   Prisoners;   Reproof;   The Topic Concordance - Baptism;   Holy Spirit;   Jesus Christ;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Genealogy;   Mary;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John the baptist;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Baptism ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Aretas;   Dungeon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gospels;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Herod;   John;   Luke, Gospel of;   Prison, Prisoners;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - John the Baptist;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Herod ;   John the Baptist;   Prisoner;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mat'that;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Ark;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Anitipas;   Baptism;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Herodias;   Jesus Christ (Part 2 of 2);   John the Baptist;   Prison;   Punishments;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Herod added this to everything else—he locked up John in prison.
King James Version (1611)
Added yet this aboue all, that he shut vp Iohn in prison.
King James Version
Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
English Standard Version
added this to them all, that he locked up John in prison.
New American Standard Bible
Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison.
New Century Version
So Herod did something even worse: He put John in prison.
Amplified Bible
he also added this to them all: he locked up John in prison.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison.
Legacy Standard Bible
Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison.
Berean Standard Bible
Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.
Contemporary English Version
Finally, Herod put John in jail, and this was the worst thing he had done.
Complete Jewish Bible
whereupon Herod added this to the rest: he locked up Yochanan in prison.
Darby Translation
added this also to all [the rest], that he shut up John in prison.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Herod added another bad thing to all his other wrongs: He put John in jail.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He added yet this aboue all, that he shut vp Iohn in prison.
George Lamsa Translation
Added this also to them all, that he put John into prison.
Good News Translation
Then Herod did an even worse thing by putting John in prison.
Lexham English Bible
added this also to them all: he also locked up John in prison.
Literal Translation
he also added this above all, he even shut up John in the prison.
American Standard Version
added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
Bible in Basic English
Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.
Hebrew Names Version
added this also to them all, that he shut up Yochanan in prison.
International Standard Version
Added to all this, Herodhe">[fn] locked John up in prison.
Etheridge Translation
added this also upon all, and shut up Juchanon in the house of the chained.
Murdock Translation
added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Added this aboue all, & shut vp Iohn in pryson.
English Revised Version
added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
World English Bible
added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
that he shut up John in prison.
Weymouth's New Testament
now added this to crown all the rest, that he threw John into prison.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
encreside this ouer alle, and schitte Joon in prisoun.
Update Bible Version
added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
Webster's Bible Translation
Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
New English Translation
Herod added this to them all: He locked up John in prison.
New King James Version
also added this, above all, that he shut John up in prison.
New Living Translation
So Herod put John in prison, adding this sin to his many others.
New Revised Standard
added to them all by shutting up John in prison.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
added this also unto all, - he locked up John in prison.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He added this also above all and shut up John in prison.
Revised Standard Version
added this to them all, that he shut up John in prison.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
added this above all and leyd Iohn in preson.
Young's Literal Translation
added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
besydes all this he layed Iho in preson.
Mace New Testament (1729)
to compleat all the rest, Herod confin'd John in prison.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Later on, Herod locked John up . . . and this was probably the worst thing he could have done.

Contextual Overview

15 The people were looking for something to happen. They were thinking in their hearts about John the Baptist. They wondered if he might be the Christ. 16 But John said to all of them, "I baptize you with water. There is One coming Who is greater than I. I am not good enough to get down and help Him take off His shoes. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 17 He comes ready to clean the grain. He will gather the grain and clean it all. He will put the clean grain into a building. But He will burn that which is no good with a fire that cannot be put out." 18 John spoke much more as he preached the Good News to the people. 19 He had also spoken sharp words to Herod the ruler because of Herodias. She was his brother Philip's wife. And John spoke to Herod about all the wrongs he had done. 20 To all these, Herod added another sin by putting John in prison.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Luke 13:31-34, 2 Kings 21:16, 2 Kings 24:4, 2 Chronicles 24:17-22, 2 Chronicles 36:16, Nehemiah 9:26, Jeremiah 2:30, Matthew 21:35-41, Matthew 22:6, Matthew 22:7, Matthew 23:31-33, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, 1 Thessalonians 2:16, Revelation 16:6

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 13:4 - his hand 1 Kings 22:27 - Put this fellow 2 Chronicles 16:10 - put him 2 Chronicles 18:26 - Put Jeremiah 22:1 - Go Jeremiah 26:19 - Thus Jeremiah 38:6 - took Matthew 4:12 - when Matthew 14:3 - Herod Matthew 17:12 - but Mark 1:14 - after Mark 6:17 - Herod Mark 9:13 - and they Luke 13:32 - that fox John 3:24 - General Acts 13:1 - Herod

Cross-References

Genesis 2:20
Adam gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field. But there was no helper found that was right for Adam.
Genesis 2:23
The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
Genesis 5:29
He gave him the name Noah. He said, "This one will give us rest from our work, from the hard work of our hands because the ground was cursed by the Lord."
Genesis 16:11
The angel of the Lord also said to her, "See, you are going to have a child. And you will give birth to a son. You will give him the name Ishmael, because the Lord has heard how you have suffered.
Genesis 35:18
As Rachel's soul was leaving, for she died, she gave him the name Benoni. But his father gave him the name Benjamin.
Exodus 2:10
The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter. And he became her son. She gave him the name Moses, saying, "Because I took him out of the water."
1 Samuel 1:20
The Lord made it possible for her to have a child, and when the time came she gave birth to a son. She gave him the name Samuel, saying, "I have asked the Lord for him."
Matthew 1:21
A Son will be born to her. You will give Him the name Jesus because He will save His people from the punishment of their sins."
Matthew 1:23
He said, "The young woman, who has never had a man, will give birth to a Son. They will give Him the name Immanuel. This means God with us."
Acts 17:26
He made from one blood all nations who live on the earth. He set the times and places where they should live.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Added yet this above all,.... This sin to all other sins, and which was of a more flagitious nature; and attended with more aggravating circumstances, especially in the issue of it:

that he shut up John in prison; in the castle of Machaerus, by the instigation of Herodias; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the notes at Matthew 14:1-13. “Added this above all.” To all his former crimes he added this; not implying that this was the “worst” of his acts, but that this was “one” of his deeds, of like character as the others. The event here mentioned did not take place until some time after this, but it is mentioned here to show what was the end of John’s preaching, or to “fill out” the account concerning him.


 
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