Matthew 14:4. For John said; not once but habitually, as the original hints. John was a bold preacher of righteousness and repentance, not ‘a reed shaken by the wind' (chap. Matthew 11:7). His fidelity led to his imprisonment.

It is not lawful. The act of Herod was a crime against his brother, against his wife, and in itself incestuous, since Herodias was his niece (comp. Leviticus 18:16; Leviticus 20:21).

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