“For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.”
For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. The backstory of John's imprisonment: Herod had arrested John because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife — a marriage that John had publicly condemned as unlawful (Leviticus 18:16, 20:21). The for the sake of Herodias communicates that Herod's political power was being exercised in service of his personal relationship — a relationship John's prophetic honesty had challenged.
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