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15 lines
494 B
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## with many other exhortations ##
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This could be translated as "with many other strong urgings" or "John encouraged the people many times to repent and..."
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## rebuked Herod the tetrarch ##
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"told Herod the tetrarch that he had sinned." Herod was a tetrarch, not a king. He had only limited rule over the region of Galilee.
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## for marrying his brother's wife ##
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"because Herod married his own brother's wife"
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## he had John locked up in prison ##
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"he told his soldiers to put John in jail" |