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Podcast: BIBLE IN TEN
Episode: Matthew 14:4
Description: Friday, 7 November 2025
Because John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” Matthew 14:4
“For John, he said to him, ‘Not it permits for you to have her’” (CG).
In the previous verse, it was noted that Herod had bound John and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. That continues now with the words, “For John, he said to him, ‘Not it permits for you to have her.’”
John, being a prophet of the Lord, was careful to u...