|But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
|But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
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|Herod succumbed to the rumors and opined, "He is John, who I had murdered, back from the dead."
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|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 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.
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|For it had been Herod who had sent his men to capture and imprison John for his brother Philip's wife, Herodias, who he had married.
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|For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
|For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
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|John had told Herod, "it is against the law for you to marry your brother's wife."
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|Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
|Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
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|And thus Herodias had quarreled with John, and she would have killed him had she been able.