| Matthew 14:4 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | For John had been saying to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | John had been telling Herod, "It's not right for you to be married to her."(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. |
| ASV: | For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. |
| BBE: | Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her. |
| DBY: | For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. |
| ERV: | For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. |
| WEY: | because John had persistently said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." |
| WBS: | For John had said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. |
| WEB: | For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." |
| YLT: | for John was saying to him, 'It is not lawful to thee to have her,' |
| Matthew 14:4 Cross References |
| XREF: | Leviticus 18:16 'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness.
Leviticus 20:21 If there is a man who takes his brother's wife, it is abhorrent; he has uncovered his brother's nakedness. They will be childless. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| PNT: | 14:4 It is not lawful for thee to have her. The marriage was unlawful for these three reasons: (1) The former husband of Herodias (Philip) was still living. (2) The former wife of Antipas was still living. (3) Besides, the Jewish law did not permit a man to marry his niece. |
| WES: | 14:4 It is not lawful for thee to have her - It was not lawful indeed for either of them to have her. For her father Aristobulus was their own brother. John's words were rough, like his raiment. He would not break the force of truth by using soft words, even to a king. |
| MHC: | 14:1-12 The terror and reproach of conscience, which Herod, like other daring offenders, could not shake off, are proofs and warnings of a future judgment, and of future misery to them. But there may be the terror of convictions, where there is not the truth of conversion. When men pretend to favour the gospel, yet live in evil, we must not favour their self-delusion, but must deliver our consciences as John did. The world may call this rudeness and blind zeal. False professors, or timid Christians, may censure it as want of civility; but the most powerful enemies can go no further than the Lord sees good to permit. Herod feared that the putting of John to death might raise a rebellion among the people, which it did not; but he never feared it might stir up his own conscience against him, which it did. Men fear being hanged for what they do not fear being damned for. And times of carnal mirth and jollity are convenient times for carrying on bad designs against God's people. Herod would profusely reward a worthless dance, while imprisonment and death were the recompence of the man of God who sought the salvation of his soul. But there was real malice to John beneath his consent, or else Herod would have found ways to get clear of his promise. When the under shepherds are smitten, the sheep need not be scattered while they have the Great Shepherd to go to. And it is better to be drawn to Christ by want and loss, than not to come to him at all. |
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