For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
OJBBut Yochanan was saying to Herod, It is not mutar according to the Torah for you to have your brotherʼs wife.
TCENTFor John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for yoʋ to have yoʋr brother's wife.”
T4TJohn kept telling Herod, “God’s law does not permit you to marry the wife of your brother while he is still alive.” Then, because Herodias urged him to put John in prison, Herod himself sent soldiers to John. They seized John and put him in prison.