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Connecting Statement:
Here the author begins to tell about how Herod had executed John the Baptist. These events occur some time before the event in the previous verses. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-events)
General Information:
Matthew recounts the story of John the Baptist's death in order to show why Herod reacted the way he did when he heard about Jesus.
For Herod ... as your wife
If needed, you can present the events of 14:3-4 in the order that they happened, as in the UDB. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-events)
Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison
It says that Herod did these things because he ordered others to do them for him. AT: "Herod ordered his soldiers to arrest and bind John the Baptist and put him in prison" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
Philip's wife
Philip was Herod's brother. Herod had taken Philip's wife to be his own wife. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
For John had said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her as your wife."
This can be expressed as an indirect quote, if needed. AT: "For John had said to Herod that it was not lawful for Herod to have Herodias as his wife." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations)
For John had said to him
"For John had kept saying to Herod"
It is not lawful
Philip was still alive when Herod married Herodias. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
he feared
"Herod feared"
they regarded him
"they regarded John"