17 Porque o próprio Herodes havia mandado prender João e amarrá-lo na prisão, por causa de Herodias, mulher do seu irmão Filipe, com a qual Herodes havia casado. 18 Pois João lhe dizia: "Você não tem o direito de viver com a mulher do seu irmão."

17 For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

18 For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."