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John 3:24
(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator inserts a chronological note during Jesus’ ministry in Judea, clarifying John the Baptist’s status while he is still actively baptizing at Aenon near Salim.
The words — οὔπω (oupō) means “not yet,” and φυλακὴν (phulakēn) means “prison,” together marking the precise temporal boundary before John’s arrest.
The thread — This temporal marker aligns with the narrative accounts of John’s eventual detention in Matthew 4:12, Matthew 14:3, and Mark 6:17.
Why it lands — The verse establishes a strict chronological sequence, requiring the reader to recognize that John’s public baptismal ministry concludes only after the events of John 3 before his imprisonment begins.
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The Greek words
King James Version
For John was not yet cast into prison.
Cross-references
- Matthew 4:12 When Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, He withdrew to Galilee.
- Matthew 14:3 Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
- Mark 6:17 For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
- Luke 3:19 But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,
- Luke 9:7 When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,