“But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,”
But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias, his brother's wife, and all the other evil things he had done — the confrontation of Herod is the prophetic function John inherited from Elijah. The marriage to Herodias violated Leviticus 18:16 and 20:21. All the other evil things summarizes a pattern of moral failure beyond the marriage — John's rebuke is comprehensive.
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