Luke 3:20 Meaning and Explanation
“Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.”
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Read Full Chapter →To all his other evils Herod adds this crowning one: he shuts John up in prison.
What Does Luke 3:20 Mean?
Luke finishes John's public story early, telling its end before turning to Jesus. Herod's response to reproof was not repentance but a cell; he added the silencing of the prophet to the long list of his evils.
Locking up the messenger does not lock up the message; by now it had done its work, and the One John announced was already among the people. Still, the verse is sober. Faithfulness can cost freedom, and the forerunner walked ahead of Jesus in suffering as well as in preaching. God's work went forward, and God did not forget the man in the cell.
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What does Luke 3:20 mean?
To all his other evils Herod adds this crowning one: he shuts John up in prison.